Rhode Island voted for the Democratic-Republican and Federalist supported candidate, DeWitt Clinton, over normal Democratic-Republican candidate, incumbent President James Madison. Clinton won Rhode Island by a margin of 65.93%. With Madison's second loss (the first one was 1808), this marked the first time that a candidate or an incumbent president lost two presidential elections in Rhode Island.
Results
1812 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1]
↑While commonly labeled as the Federalist candidate, Clinton technically ran as a Democratic-Republican and was not nominated by the Federalist party itself, the latter simply deciding not to field a candidate. This did not prevent endorsements from state Federalist parties (such as in Pennsylvania), but he received the endorsement from the New York state Democratic-Republicans as well.
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