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1836 United States presidential election
1836 United States presidential election in New York presidential no 1832 United States presidential election in New York 1832 1840 United States presidential election in New York 1840 70.5%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 13.7 pp November 7–9, 1836 x200px Martin Van Buren circa 1837 crop.jpg Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) New York Richard Mentor Johnson 42 166,886 54.60% William Henry Harrison by James Reid Lambdin, 1835 crop.jpg William Henry Harrison Whig Party (United States) Ohio Francis Granger 0 138,765 45.40% President Andrew Jackson Democratic Party (United States) Martin Van Buren Democratic Party (United States) County results
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A presidential election was held in New York from November 7–9, 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 42 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
New York voted for the Democratic candidate, Martin Van Buren, over Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. Van Buren won New York by a margin of 9.26%. Saratoga County would not vote Democratic again until 1964.
Results
1836 United States presidential election in New YorkElectoral Canvass of the State of New York, 1836 https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/39644026/ 1 December 2025 The Evening Post 26 December 1836The Politician's Register for 1841 1841 Horace Greeley New York 35 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015059788912&view=1up&seq=171 1 December 2025Since New York voted for presidential electors directly, the totals below are based on the highest elector on each ticket.
Democratic Party (United States)
Martin Van Buren
New York
Richard Mentor Johnson
Kentucky
166,886
54.60%
42
100.00%
Whig Party (United States)
William Henry Harrison
Ohio
Francis Granger
New York
138,765
45.40%
0
0.00%
305,651
100.00%
42
100.00%
Results by county
County Martin Van BurenDemocratic William Henry HarrisonWhig Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Albany4,94753.73%4,26146.27%6867.45%9,208Allegany2,61549.24%2,69650.76%-81-1.53%5,311Broome1,64252.85%1,46547.15%1775.70%3,107Cattaraugus1,88855.91%1,48944.09%39911.82%3,377Cayuga4,28453.50%3,72446.50%5606.99%8,008Chautauqua3,12044.48%3,89555.52%-775-11.05%7,015Chemung1,72463.29%1,00036.71%72426.58%2,724Chenango3,61156.91%2,73443.09%87713.82%6,345Clinton1,33160.92%85439.08%47721.83%2,185Columbia3,76755.25%3,05144.75%71610.50%6,818Cortland1,72446.08%2,01753.92%-293-7.83%3,741Delaware2,82377.92%80022.08%2,02355.84%3,623Dutchess3,98162.72%2,36637.28%1,61525.45%6,347Erie2,66135.28%4,88264.72%-2,221-29.44%7,543Essex1,60346.36%1,85553.64%-252-7.29%3,458Franklin86248.65%91051.35%-48-2.71%1,772Genesee3,27138.24%5,28261.76%-2,011-23.51%8,553Greene2,97661.25%1,88338.75%1,09322.49%4,859Herkimer3,03671.94%1,18428.06%1,85243.89%4,220Jefferson4,59554.99%3,76145.01%8349.98%8,356Kings2,32355.43%1,86844.57%45510.86%4,191Lewis1,09672.73%41127.27%68545.45%1,507Livingston1,90241.85%2,64358.15%-741-16.30%4,545Madison2,90963.07%1,70336.93%1,20626.15%4,612Monroe3,93144.58%4,88755.42%-956-10.84%8,818MontgomeryIncludes Hamilton County4,30357.58%3,17042.42%1,13315.16%7,473New York17,46951.66%16,34848.34%1,1213.31%33,817Niagara2,14348.59%2,26751.41%-124-2.81%4,410Oneida5,47660.20%3,62139.80%1,85520.39%9,097Onondaga4,77661.57%2,98138.43%1,79523.14%7,757Ontario2,73244.30%3,43555.70%-703-11.40%6,167Orange3,54161.23%2,24238.77%1,29922.46%5,783Orleans1,82549.54%1,85950.46%-34-0.92%3,684Oswego3,10561.47%1,94638.53%1,15922.95%5,051Otsego4,62765.21%2,46934.79%2,15830.41%7,096Putnam81877.61%23622.39%58255.22%1,054Queens1,65454.18%1,39945.82%2558.35%3,053Rensselaer4,98351.81%4,63448.19%3493.63%9,617Richmond64950.00%64950.00%00.00%1,298Rockland1,04573.80%37126.20%67447.60%1,416Saratoga3,33852.56%3,01347.44%3255.12%6,351Schenectady1,48056.30%1,14943.70%33112.59%2,629Schoharie2,43763.15%1,42236.85%1,01526.30%3,859Seneca2,03657.56%1,50142.44%53515.13%3,537St. Lawrence3,08958.02%2,23541.98%85416.04%5,324Steuben3,65060.49%2,38439.51%1,26620.98%6,034Suffolk2,07166.63%1,03733.37%1,03433.27%3,108Sullivan1,22759.56%83340.44%39419.13%2,060Tioga1,62656.48%1,25343.52%37312.96%2,879Tompkins2,93551.30%2,78648.70%1492.60%5,721Ulster3,65862.80%2,16737.20%1,49125.60%5,825Warren1,31669.78%57030.22%74639.55%1,886Washington2,59241.91%3,59358.09%-1,001-16.18%6,185Wayne2,96852.80%2,65347.20%3155.60%5,621Westchester3,00963.24%1,74936.76%1,26026.48%4,758Yates1,68658.99%1,17241.01%51417.98%2,858Total166,88654.60%138,76545.40%28,1219.20%305,651
Counties that flipped from National Republican to Democratic
Broome
Cattaraugus
Jefferson
Madison
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Tied
Richmond
See also
United States presidential elections in New York
Notes
References
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