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1836 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1836, won by Martin Van Buren with 170 electoral votes.

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Martin Van Buren's Cabinet

President: Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)

Vice President: Richard Mentor Johnson (1837-1841)

Secretary of State: John Forsyth (1837-1841)

Secretary of the Treasury: Levi Woodbury (1837-1841)

Secretary of War: Joel Roberts Poinsett (1837-1841)

Attorney General: Benjamin Franklin Butler (1837-1838), Felix Grundy (1838-1840), Henry D. Gilpin (1840-1841)

Postmaster General: Amos Kendall (1837-1840), John Milton Niles (1840-1841)

Electoral Vote Totals

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1836 Candidate Electoral Votes

170
Martin Van Buren
73
William Henry Harrison (Whig)
148 to win
764,176 popular votes (50.8%)
Running Mate: Richard M. Johnson
550,816 popular votes (36.6%)
Running Mate: Francis Granger

The Whig Party ran three regional candidates in this election in an unsuccessful strategy. Arkansas and Michigan become states during this election cycle.

1836

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

7

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

3

California

Colorado

Connecticut

8

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

11

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

5

Indiana

9

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

15

Louisiana

5

Maine

10

Maryland

10

Massachusetts

14

Michigan

3

Minnesota

Mississippi

4

Missouri

4

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

7

New Jersey

8

New Mexico

New York

42

North Carolina

15

North Dakota

Ohio

21

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

30

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

11

South Dakota

Tennessee

15

Texas

Utah

Vermont

7

Virginia

23

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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