Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States
Clement Anselm Evans, Ed.

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[201] policy. To make the victory complete, the ratification had been twice unanimous. How different from the reception of the Louisiana treaty! No constitutional objections! No obstructions! No threats of disunion! This unanimity was a fitting sequel to the recent presidential election. Monroe had been elected without opposition. Even those who had so long and so vehemently opposed and obstructed the policy of expansion, now united with the general voice in applauding the twenty years of public administration which has never been surpassed for wisdom, virtue and patriotism. The table here given shows the electoral vote of 1820:

	President.			Vice-President.
States.	James Monroe.	John Q Adams.	Vacancies.	D. D. Tompkins.	R. Stockton.	D. Rodney.	R. G. Harper.	Richard Rush.	Vacancies.
Alabama	3			3
Connecticut	9			9
Delaware	4				4
Georgia	8			8
Illinois	3			3
Indiana	3			3
Kentucky	12			12
Louisiana	3			3
Maine	9			9
Maryland	11			10		1
Massachusetts	15		7	8
Mississippi	2		1	2					1
Missouri	3			3
New Hampshire	7	1		7				1
New Jersey	8			8
New York	29			29
North Carolina	15			15
Ohio	8			8
Pennsylvania	24		1	24					1
Rhode Island	4			4
South Carolina	11			11
Tennessee	7		1	7				1
Vermont	8			8
Virginia	25			25
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Total	231	1	3	218	8	4	1	2	2