It received a review in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Richard P. McCormick, who praised the effort put into collecting the data, as well as the book's informative introduction, which provides an overview of the nation's politics in the book's time period.

McCormick finished his review writing that "Burnham's book should stimulate a host of studies in the little-explored field of American political behavior".

De Santis finishes by writing that he expects the book will be useful for more in-depth analysis of 19th-century presidential elections by future historians.

Ogden criticizes the book's lack of maps to give a visual representation of the data presented.

He finishes his review by writing that his concerns are "relatively minor" and that the book is valuable for scholars interested in history and politics.