A presidential election was held in Tennessee on November 7, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. The Democratic-Republican ticket of the U.S. secretary of state James Monroe and the governor of New York Daniel D. Tompkins was elected unopposed. The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate. In the national election, Monroe easily defeated the senior U.S. senator from New York Rufus King, who received 34 votes from unpledged electors despite not being a candidate.
General election
Summary
Tennessee chose eight electors from as many single-member electoral districts. Returns from the election have been lost. In several districts, multiple candidates ran pledged to Monroe and Tompkins.
Results by district
Robert Allen, James Baxter, Samuel Buchanan, David Campbell, Alfred M. Carter, Joseph Hamilton, Adam Huntsman, and Alexander MacClanahan were elected and voted for Monroe and Tompkins. Returns from the district elections have been lost. Carter was elected from the 1st district, apparently without opposition; Huntsman defeated John W. Simpson in the 4th district race; while MacClanahan defeated Edward Ward in the 6th district. It is not known from which districts the five remaining electors were elected. The district boundaries are taken from Michael J. Dubin's United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860.