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1840 United States presidential election in Vermont
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1840 United States presidential election
1840 United States presidential election in Vermont Vermont 1837 presidential no 1836 United States presidential election in Vermont 1836 1844 United States presidential election in Vermont 1844 November 10, 1840 x200px William Henry Harrison Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg William Henry Harrison Whig Party (United States) Ohio John Tyler 7 32,445 63.90% Bust Portrait of Martin Van Buren (Cropped).jpg Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) New York none 0 18,009 35.47% 1840 United States presidential election in Vermont results map by county.svg 260px County results
Harrison
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#ec7014 70–80% President Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) William Henry Harrison Whig Party (United States) DE NC
A presidential election was held in Vermont on November 10, 1840 as part of the 1840 United States presidential election.Dubin Michael J. United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State 2002 McFarland & Co. Jefferson, NC xvi Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Vermont voted for the Whig candidate, William Henry Harrison, over Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren. Harrison won Vermont by a margin of 28.43%.
Harrison's 28.43% margin of victory made it his strongest victory in the election while he carried 63.90% of the popular vote made Vermont his second strongest state after Kentucky.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1840&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1840 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05
Harrison had previously won Vermont against Van Buren four years earlier.
Results
1840 United States presidential election in Vermont1840 Presidential General Election Results - Vermont http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1840&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
John Tyler
Virginia
32,445
63.90%
7
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
Martin Van Buren
New York
Richard Mentor Johnson
Kentucky
18,009
35.47%
0
0.00%
Liberty Party (US, 1840)
James G. Birney
New York
Thomas Earle
Pennsylvania
319
0.63%
0
0.00%
50,773
100.00%
7
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Vermont
References
Vermont
1840
Category:1840 Vermont elections