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1836 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
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1836 United States presidential election in Rhode Island Rhode Island presidential no 1832 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1832 1840 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1840 November 23, 1836 x200px Martin Van Buren circa 1837 crop.jpg Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) New York Richard Mentor Johnson 4 2,964 52.24% William Henry Harrison by James Reid Lambdin, 1835 crop.jpg William Henry Harrison Whig Party (United States) Ohio Francis Granger 0 2,710 47.76% 1836 United States presidential election in Rhode Island results map by county.svg 250px County results
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A presidential election was held in Rhode Island on November 23, 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 four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Rhode Island voted for Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren over Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. Van Buren won Rhode Island by a narrow margin of 4.48%.
This was the first time that Rhode Island ever voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and Van Buren's performance would not be bettered by a Democrat in Rhode Island until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Rhode Island https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=1848&fips=44&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 25 October 2019
Results
1836 United States presidential election in Rhode Island1836 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1836&f=1&off=0&elect=0&fips=44&submit=Retrieve Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013
Democratic Party (United States)
Martin Van Buren
New York
Richard Mentor Johnson
Kentucky
2,964
52.24%
4
100.00%
Whig Party (United States)
William Henry Harrison
Ohio
Francis Granger
New York
2,710
47.76%
0
0.00%
5,674
100.00%
4
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Rhode Island
References
Rhode Island
1836
Category:1836 Rhode Island elections