1836 United States presidential election in Tennessee

none June 2025 September 2023 1836 United States presidential election 1836 United States presidential election in Tennessee presidential no 1832 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1832 1840 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1840 November 7, 1836 x200px HLWhite.jpg Hugh Lawson White Whig Party (United States) Tennessee John Tyler 15 36,027 57.92% Martin Van Buren circa 1837 crop.jpg Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) New York Richard Mentor Johnson 0 26,170 42.08% 350px County results White #dc2d87ff 50–60%#c21e76ff 60–70%#a50b5eff 70–80%#84084bff 80–90%#5d092dff 90–100% Van Buren #86b6f2ff 50–60%#4389e3ff 60–70%#1666cbff 70–80%#0645b4ff 80–90% Unknown/No vote #808080 President Andrew Jackson Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Martin Van Buren 800080 NH VA File:Flag of the United States (1836–1837).svg The 1836 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 7, 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 15 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. The Whig Party, unable to agree on a candidate, ran four candidates against Democratic nominee Martin Van Buren: Hugh Lawson White, William Henry Harrison, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. Tennessee Senator Hugh Lawson White was the Whig Party nominee in Tennessee. During the campaign trail, Andrew Jackson actively campaigned against White in Tennessee and accused him of being a Federalist who was opposed to states' rights.Nancy Scott, A Memoir of Hugh Lawson White (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1856). In spite of opposition from Jackson, Tennessee Whig nominee White won Tennessee, defeating Democratic nominee Van Buren, by a margin of 15.84%. White also won Georgia, giving him 26 electoral votes, the third highest total behind Van Buren's 170, and Harrison's 73.Election of 1836, The American Presidency Project website, University of California, Santa Barbara. Accessed September 13, 2011. Background The 1835 Democratic National Convention chose a ticket of Van Buren (President Andrew Jackson's handpicked successor) and U.S. Representative Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky. The Whig Party, which had only recently emerged and was primarily united by opposition to Jackson, was not yet sufficiently organized to agree on a single candidate. Hoping to compel a contingent election in the House of Representatives by denying the Democrats an electoral majority, the Whigs ran multiple candidates. Most Northern and border state Whigs supported the ticket led by former Senator William Henry Harrison of Ohio, while most Southern Whigs supported the ticket led by Senator Hugh Lawson White of Tennessee. Two other Whigs, Daniel Webster and Willie Person Mangum, carried Massachusetts and South Carolina respectively on single-state tickets. Results 1836 United States presidential election in Tennessee1836 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1836&f=1&off=0&elect=0&fips=47&submit=Retrieve U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013 Whig Party (United States) Hugh Lawson White Tennessee John Tyler Virginia 36,027 57.92% 15 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Martin Van Buren New York Richard Mentor Johnson Kentucky 26,170 42.08% 0 0.00% 62,197 100.00% 15 100.00% See also United States presidential elections in Tennessee References Tennessee 1836 Category:1836 Tennessee elections