US Election Results
1840 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
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1840 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
The United States presidential election of 1840 was the 14th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 30, to Wednesday, December 2, 1840. It saw President Martin Van Buren fight for re-election during a time of great economic depression against a Whig Party unified for the first time behind a single candidate: war hero William Henry Harrison. Under these circumstances, the Whigs easily defeated Van Buren.
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Presidential candidate |
Party |
Home state |
Popular vote(a) |
Electoral |
Running mate |
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Count |
Pct |
vote |
Vice-presidential candidate |
Home state |
Elect. vote |
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William Henry Harrison |
Whig |
Ohio |
12,75,390 |
52.90% |
234 |
John Tyler |
Virginia |
234 |
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Martin Van Buren |
Democratic |
New York |
11,28,854 |
46.80% |
60 |
Richard Mentor Johnson |
Kentucky |
48 |
|
Littleton W. Tazewell |
Virginia |
11 |
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James Knox Polk |
Tennessee |
1 |
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James G. Birney |
Liberty |
New York |
6,797 |
0.30% |
0 |
Thomas Earle |
Pennsylvania |
0 |
|
Other |
767 |
0.00% |
— |
Other |
— |
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Total |
24,11,808 |
100% |
294 |
|
294 |
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Needed to win |
148 |
|
148 |
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