US Election Results
1836 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
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1836 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 1836 was the 13th quadrennial presidential election, held from Thursday, November 3, to Wednesday, December 7, 1836. As the third consecutive election victory for the Democratic Party, it ushered incumbent Vice-President Martin Van Buren into the White House with 170 electoral votes to 124 electoral votes for William Henry Harrison and other Whigs. The popular vote was closer; Martin Van Buren attracted 764,000 votes to the 738,000 won by the various Whig candidates.
|
Presidential candidate |
Party |
Home state |
Popular vote(a) |
Electoral vote |
|
|
Count |
Percentage |
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Martin Van Buren |
Democratic |
New York |
7,64,176 |
50.80% |
170 |
|
William Henry Harrison |
Whig |
Ohio |
5,50,816 |
36.60% |
73 |
|
Hugh Lawson White |
Whig |
Tennessee |
1,46,107 |
9.70% |
26 |
|
Daniel Webster |
Whig |
Massachusetts |
41,201 |
2.70% |
14 |
|
Willie Person Mangum |
Whig |
North Carolina |
|
|
11 |
|
Other |
1,234 |
0.10% |
0 |
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|
Total |
15,03,534 |
100.00% |
294 |
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|
Needed to win |
148 |
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