1836 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1836 United States presidential election in Indiana
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  1832 November 7, 1836 1840  
  IL
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  William Henry Harrison by James Reid Lambdin, 1835 crop.jpg Martin Van Buren circa 1837 crop.jpg
Nominee William Henry Harrison Martin Van Buren
Party Whig Democratic
Home state Ohio New York
Running mate Francis Granger Richard M. Johnson
Electoral vote90
Popular vote41,28132,478
Percentage56.0%44.0%

Indiana Presidential Election Results 1836.svg
County Results

President before election

Andrew Jackson
Democratic

Elected President

Martin Van Buren
Democratic

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 1836, as part of the 1836 United States presidential election. [1] The Whig ticket of the former major general William Henry Harrison and the U.S. representative from New York's 26th congressional district Francis Granger defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent vice president Martin Van Buren and the U.S. representative from Kentucky's 13th congressional district Richard Mentor Johnson. [2] Van Buren defeated Harrison in the national election with 170 electoral votes. [3]

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General election

Summary

Indiana chose nine electors on a statewide general ticket. Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to vote directly for members of the Electoral College rather than for president. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party. [4] This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket, to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.

1836 United States presidential election in Indiana [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Henry Harrison
Francis Granger
41,281 55.97 Increase2.svg 11.44
Democratic Martin Van Buren
Richard Mentor Johnson
32,47844.03Decrease2.svg 11.39
Total votes73,759 100.00

Results

1836 United States presidential election in Indiana [2]
PartyCandidateVotes
Whig John G. Clendenin41,281
Whig Marston G. Clark41,280
Whig Milton Stapp 41,278
Whig Abraham P. Andrew41,276
Whig Albert Smith White 41,276
Whig Achilles Williams41,276
Whig Hiram Decker41,275
Whig Enoch McCarty41,275
Whig Austin W. Morris41,271
Democratic John Myers32,978
Democratic Jesse Jackson32,977
Democratic George W. Moore32,977
Democratic Thomas C. Stewart32,977
Democratic William White32,975
Democratic Rockhill William32,975
Democratic Marinus Willett32,973
Democratic Jonathan Williams32,971
Democratic Elisha Long32,967
Total
≈73,759

See also

Notes

  1. "Presidential Elections". Weekly Messenger. November 12, 1836.
  2. 1 2 3 Riker & Thornbrough 1960, pp. 21–28.
  3. "1836 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  4. Lampi n.d.; Ratcliffe 2014, p. 57.

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