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1836 United States presidential election in Vermont
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1836 United States presidential election
1836 United States presidential election in Vermont Vermont 1804 presidential no 1832 United States presidential election in Vermont 1832 1840 United States presidential election in Vermont 1840 November 15, 1836 x200px William Henry Harrison by James Reid Lambdin, 1835 crop.jpg William Henry Harrison Whig Party (United States) Ohio Francis Granger 7 20,994 59.93% Martin Van Buren circa 1837 crop.jpg Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) New York Richard Mentor Johnson 0 14,037 40.07% 1836 United States presidential election in Vermont results map by county.svg 260px County results
Harrison
#FED463 50–60%
#FE9929 60–70%
#EC7014 70–80%
Van Buren
#86b6f2 50–60%
Unknown/No vote
#808080 President Andrew Jackson Democratic Party (United States) Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) MA NC
A presidential election was held in Vermont on November 15, 1836 as part of the 1836 United States presidential election.Presidential Elections https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=WM18361112.1.3 Weekly Messenger November 12, 1836 Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Vermont voted for Whig candidate William Henry Harrison over Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren. Harrison won Vermont by a margin of 19.86%.
This would be the final time a Democratic candidate would carry Essex County until Franklin D. Roosevelt won it 104 years later in 1940.
1836 would stand as the strongest performance for a Democratic candidate in Vermont until 96 years later in 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt performed slightly better with 41.08%.
Harrison would later win Vermont again four years later when he defeated Van Buren.
Results
1836 United States presidential election in Vermont1836 Presidential General Election Results - Vermont http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1836&f=1&off=0&elect=0&fips=50&submit=Retrieve U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013
Whig Party (United States)
William Henry Harrison
Ohio
Francis Granger
New York
20,994
59.93%
7
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
Martin Van Buren
New York
Richard Mentor Johnson
Kentucky
14,037
40.07%
0
0.00%
35,031
100.00%
7
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Vermont
References
Vermont
1836
Category:1836 Vermont elections