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1836 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
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1836 United States presidential election
1836 United States presidential election in Massachusetts presidential no 1832 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1832 1840 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1840 43.4%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 4.0 pp November 14, 1836 x200px Black Dan (cropped).jpg Daniel Webster Whig Party (United States) Massachusetts Francis Granger 14 41,201 55.13% Martin Van Buren circa 1837 crop.jpg Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) New York Richard Mentor Johnson 0 33,486 44.81% 1836 United States presidential election in Massachusetts results map by county.svg 300px County results
Webster
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Van Buren
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A presidential election was held in Massachusetts on November 14, 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 14 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Massachusetts voted for Whig candidate and state native Daniel Webster over the Democratic candidate, Martin Van Buren. Webster won Massachusetts by a margin of 10.32%.
In a unique strategy to throw the election into the House of Representatives, the Whigs ran four different candidates in different sections of the United States. This is the only state in which Daniel Webster was on the ballot.Presidential Election of 1836 - 270toWin https://www.270towin.com/1836_Election/ 2022-08-04 270toWin.com
Results
1836 United States presidential election in Massachusetts1836 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1836&f=1&off=0&elect=0&fips=25&submit=Retrieve U.S. Election Atlas 4 August 2012PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Whig Daniel Webster 41,201 55.13% 14 Democratic Martin Van Buren 33,486 44.81% 0 N/A Other 45 0.06% 0 Totals 74,732 100.00% 14
See also
United States presidential elections in Massachusetts
References
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