1828 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1828, won by Andrew Jackson with 178 electoral votes.

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Andrew Jackson’s Cabinet

President: Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)

Vice President: John C. Calhoun (1829-1832), None (1832-1833)

Secretary of State: Martin Van Buren (1829-1831), Edward Livingston (1831-1833)

Secretary of the Treasury: Samuel D. Ingham (1829-1831), Louis McLane (1831-1833)

Secretary of War: John Eaton (1829-1831), Lewis Cass (1831-1836)

Attorney General: John M. Berrien (1829-1831), Roger B. Taney (1831-1833)

Postmaster General: William T. Barry (1829-1835)

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1828 Candidate Electoral Votes

83
John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
132 to win
642,553 popular votes (56.0%)
Running Mate: John C. Calhoun
500,897 popular votes (43.6%)
Running Mate: Richard Rush

Maryland electors split their vote: 6 for Adams, 5 for Jackson; Jackson had won popular vote. New York electors split their vote: 20 for Jackson, 16 for Adams; Jackson had won popular vote. Adams won Maine; however one elector cast a vote for Jackson.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

5

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

8

Delaware

5

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

9

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

3

Indiana

5

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

14

Louisiana

5

Maine

9

Maryland

11

Massachusetts

15

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

3

Missouri

3

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

8

New Jersey

8

New Mexico

New York

36

North Carolina

15

North Dakota

Ohio

16

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

28

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

11

South Dakota

Tennessee

11

Texas

Utah

Vermont

7

Virginia

24

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming