1832 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1832 United States presidential election in Ohio
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  1828 November 2 – December 5, 1832 1836  
  Andrew jackson head.jpg Henry Clay (copy after Edward Dalton Marchant).jpg
Nominee Andrew Jackson Henry Clay
Party Democratic National Republican
Alliance Anti-Masonic
Home state Tennessee Kentucky
Running mate Martin Van Buren John Sergeant
Electoral vote210
Popular vote81,24676,539
Percentage51.33%48.35%

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County Results

President before election

Andrew Jackson
Democratic

Elected President

Andrew Jackson
Democratic

The 1832 United States presidential election in Ohio took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

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Andrew Jackson was the incumbent president running for re-election on the Democratic ticket. Following the result of the 1828 election, the Adams Party split into competing factions. The Anti-Masonic Party drew support from New Englanders in the Western Reserve, while the National Republicans dominated the Anti-Jacksonian opposition in the rest of the state. The Anti-Masons were the first to hold a national convention and nominated former United States Attorney General William Wirt for president. They hoped the selection of Wirt, who had served in the John Quincy Adams Administration, could unite all Anti-Jacksonians under a single banner, but the National Republican convention spurned the Anti-Masons and nominated their own candidate, Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky. Fearing a split in the opposition vote could throw the election to Jackson, opposition leaders in Ohio agreed to support a fusion ticket of electors jointly nominated by the two parties who were pledged to vote for whichever candidate stood the best chance to defeat Jackson. While the plan succeeded in nearly uniting Ohio's Anti-Jacksonians, Jackson carried Ohio by a margin of 3 percent. [1] This would be the last time a Democrat carried a majority of the vote in Ohio until 1916

Results

1832 United States presidential election in Ohio [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Andrew Jackson (incumbent)81,24651.33%21
National Republican Henry Clay 76,53948.35%0
Anti-Masonic William Wirt 5090.32%0
Totals158,294100.0%21

See also

References

  1. Ratcliffe, Donald J. (Summer 1995). "Antimasonry and Partisanship in Greater New England, 1826-1836". Journal of the Early Republic. 15 (2): 226.
  2. "1832 Presidential General Election Results - Ohio". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved April 12, 2013.