1836 United States presidential election in Georgia

none June 2025 September 2023 1836 United States presidential election 1836 United States presidential election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Flag of the State of Georgia (non-official).svg presidential no 1832 United States presidential election in Georgia 1832 1840 United States presidential election in Georgia 1840 November 7, 1836 x200px HLWhite.jpg Hugh Lawson White Whig Party (United States) State Rights Tennessee John Tyler 11 24,481 51.80% Martin Van Buren circa 1837 crop.jpg Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) Union Party New York Richard Mentor Johnson 0 22,778 48.20% 1836 United States presidential election in Georgia results map by county.svg 250px County resultsDubin Michael J. United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State McFarland 2009 9780786454518 43, 62–63 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%#002b84ff 90–100% Unknown/No vote #808080 800080 DE IL A presidential election was held in Georgia 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 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Thanks to divisions within the Union party, Georgia voted for State Rights party backed Whig candidate Hugh Lawson White over the Union party backed Democratic candidate, Martin Van Buren. White won Georgia by a margin of 3.6%. White also won Tennessee, 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. This was the only election in which a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Georgia until 1964, nearly 130 years later. Alongside Lyndon B. Johnson in that year, only Bill Clinton in 1996 (though he carried the state four years prior) and Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 have been elected without carrying it.Historical U.S. Presidential Elections 1789-2020 https://www.270towin.com/historical-presidential-elections/ 2021-12-25 270toWin.com Background During this time, Georgian politics were dominated by two local parties, the Union party and the State Rights party. The Union party was the product of the forces of liberal democracy that brought white manhood suffrage and popular elections in the 1800s. The State Rights party, on the other hand, was a political anomaly whose conservative politics and organization were more closely related to those of the late 1800s.Murray Paul Party Organization in Georgia Politics 1825–1853 https://www.jstor.org/stable/40576991 The Georgia Historical Quarterly 29 4 200–201 Inspired by the State Rights party's state convention in June 1835 at Milledgeville that chose Charles Dougherty for the 1835 Georgia gubernatorial election, the Union party decided to hold a state convention instead of party leaders choosing the nominee. Both Van Buren and his running mate Richard Johnson were unpopular among the Union party and the convention spent two days in debate. Despite this, the party organ merely reported that the party was united in firm support of the nominees of the national party. The State Rights party convention in 1835 endorsed the candidacy of Hugh White. The decision to nominate Van Buren angered many of the Clark party (predecessor party of the Union party) veterans in the Union party. One reason the Clark party had backed Andrew Jackson in 1824 was that they detested one of his rivals for the nomination, William H. Crawford, long time political enemy of their chieftain, John Clark. Van Buren was Crawford's campaign manager in 1824, and many former Clark Union men never trusted him again.Lamplugh George Rancorous Enmities and Blind Partialities: Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1807–1845 McFarland 2015 9780761865872 258–164 The Union party was further torn over the issue of the Union Party-controlled Central Bank of Georgia. In 1836 Congress enacted a Henry Clay-backed law that would distribute "surplus revenues" among the states, immediately raising the question of what was to be done with the money. Central Bank president Tomlinson Fort had chosen to deposit the revenue in the Central Bank, which would then loan it out "democratically." Some Union party newspapers feared this decision would increase the power of such a dangerous institution while other Union party newspapers supported the idea. In an effort to sow discord within the Union party, the State Rights Party put forth Joseph Jackson as a candidate for congress. Jackson had openly disagreed with his brother, Jabez Young Jackson, an incumbent congressman from the Union party seeking re-election, regarding their father James Jackson's stance on Nullification. Additionally, the State Rights Party nominated Thomas Glascock, a congressman from the Union party, who had voted against, rather than simply postponing, Abolitionist petitions in Congress. The State Rights Party viewed Glascock as a defender of the South against Abolitionists and not beholden to Van Buren, unlike other Georgia congressmen. John Cuthbert, editor of the Union party newspaper Federal Union, acknowledged that Union party congressmen had differing views on Abolitionist petitions but argued that, unlike Nullifiers, Georgia's representatives aimed to preserve rather than disrupt the Union. Pleas for unity within the Union Party editors rang hollow when two of their Van Buren electors, James Watson and former Governor Wilson Lumpkin, resigned from the ticket. Naturally, the State Rights Party wasted no time in asserting that Watson and Lumpkin abandoned ship due to their reluctance to support Van Buren. However, the Columbus Sentinel rushed to Watson's defense, affirming his intention to vote for Van Buren on election day. Lumpkin clarified that he couldn't simultaneously fulfill his role as a commissioner for settling claims under the Cherokee treaty and serve as a presidential elector. He argued that his responsibilities as a Cherokee Commissioner took precedence in Georgia and stated his intention to back Van Buren at the polls during the election. Results 1836 United States presidential election in Georgia1836 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1836&f=1&off=0&elect=0&fips=13&submit=Retrieve U.S. Election Atlas 4 August 2012PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Whig Hugh Lawson White 24,481 51.80% 11 Democratic Martin Van Buren 22,778 48.20% 0 Totals 47,259 100.00% 11 See also United States presidential elections in Georgia References Georgia 1836 Category:1836 Georgia (U.S. state) elections