1840 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1840 United States presidential election in Indiana United States 1837 presidential no 1836 United States presidential election in Indiana 1836 1844 United States presidential election in Indiana 1844 November 2, 1840 84.4%Madison 1986 330 15.2 pp IL KY 200x200px William Henry Harrison Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg William Henry Harrison Whig Party (United States) Ohio John Tyler 9 65,237 55.01% Bust Portrait of Martin Van Buren (Cropped).jpg Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) New York N/Avp No candidate was formally nominated. 0 51,691 44.96% 1840 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 215px County results Harrison #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% #ec7014 70–80% Van Buren #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0646B4 80–90% Unknown/No vote #828280 President Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) William Henry Harrison Whig Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 2, 1840, as part of the 1840 United States presidential election.Dubin 2002 xvi The Whig ticket of the former major general William Henry Harrison and the former U.S. senator from Virginia John Tyler defeated the incumbent Democratic president Martin Van Buren.Riker Thornbrough 1960 29–37 Harrison defeated Van Buren in the national election with 234 electoral votes.1840 Electoral College Results https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1840 National Archives October 7, 2025 General election Summary Indiana chose nine electors in a statewide general election. Nineteenth-century presidential elections used a form of block voting that allowed voters to modify the electoral list nominated by a political party before submitting their ballots. Because voters elected each member of the Electoral College individually, electors nominated by the same party often received differing numbers of votes as a consequence of voter rolloff, split-ticket voting, or electoral fusion.Lampi n.d. Ratcliffe 2014 57 This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket, to give an approximate sense of the statewide result. 1840 United States presidential election in IndianaRiker Thornbrough 1960 29–37 Whig Party (United States) William Henry HarrisonJohn Tyler 63,237 55.01 0.58 Democratic Party (United States) Martin Van BurenN/Avp 51,691 44.96 0.55 Liberty Party (United States, 1840) James G. BirneyThomas Earle 30 0.03 0.03 114,958 100.00 Results + 1840 United States presidential election in IndianaRiker Thornbrough 1960 29–37 Party Candidate Votes Whig James H. Cravens 63,237 Whig John W. Payne 63,237 Whig Caleb B. Smith 63,237 Whig Richard W. Thompson 63,235 Whig Joseph L. White 63,235 Whig William Herod 63,227 Whig Joseph G. Marshall 63,225 Whig Samuel C. Sample 63,217 Whig McCarty Jonathan 63,216 Democratic William Hendricks 51,691 Democratic Robert Dale Owen 51,690 Democratic Thomas J. Henley 51,688 Democratic Andrew Kennedy 51,688 Democratic John L. Robinson 51,687 Democratic William J. Peaslet 51,676 Democratic John M. Lenon 51,642 Democratic Henry Secrest 51,494 Democratic Tilghman Howard 51,339 Democratic George W. Ewing (withdrawn)Gen. Tilghman A. Howard [...] https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=PKLA18401015.1.2 Leavenworth Arena October 15, 1840 The Indiana Democrat [...] https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=VT18401015.1.2 Vevay Times and Switzerland County Herald October 15, 1840 O.K.: Offul Katasrophe https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=VG18401017.1.2 Vincennes Gazette October 17, 1840 351 Democratic George Boon (withdrawn)To the Democratic Republicans of Indiana https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=VT18400528.1.3 Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat May 28, 1840 196 Unpledged J. M. Simmons 51 Liberty Lesmon Basye 30 Liberty James Clayton 30 Liberty Cyrus Hamilton 30 Liberty Thomas Hicklin 30 Liberty Thomas Johns 30 Liberty Thomas Maxwell 30 Liberty William Smith 30 Liberty Samuel Stephenson 30 Liberty Daniel Worth 30 Total ≈114,958 See also United States presidential elections in Indiana Notes References Bibliography 1840 Electoral College Results https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1840 National Archives October 7, 2025 Dubin Michael J. United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State 2002 McFarland & Co. Jefferson, NC xvi Lampi Philip J. Electoral College https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056 A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society n.d. October 5, 2025 Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi Ratcliffe Donald J. Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824 Journal of the Early Republic Spring 2014 34 1 45–77 24486931 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24486931 Riker Dorothy Thornbrough Gayle Indiana Election Returns, 1816–1851 1960 Indiana Historical Bureau Indianapolis https://archive.org/details/indianaelectionr0000unse Indiana 1840 Category:1840 Indiana elections Category:Long stubs with short prose