U.S. presidential election, 1832

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Presidential electoral votes by state.
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Presidential electoral votes by state.

Despite opposition from the universally respected Henry Clay of Kentucky, the U.S. presidential election of 1832 served as little more than a coronation for President Andrew Jackson. A split within the National Republicans resulted in the nomination of two presidential candidates (Clay and John Floyd of Virginia), and three different Vice Presidential candidates. Had the party been unified, however, it would not have impacted the election because Jackson won 219 of the 286 electoral votes cast, easily defeating Clay, Floyd, and Anti-Masonic Party candidate William Wirt.

This was also the first national election for "The Magician," Vice President-elect Martin Van Buren of New York, who was put on the Democratic ticket to succeed John Caldwell Calhoun and four years later would succeed Jackson. Van Buren faced opposition for the Vice Presidency within his own party however, and as a result 30 electors cast ballots for Pennsylvania's William Wilkins, in hopes of throwing the Vice Presidential election into the Senate.

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General election

Results


Presidential Candidate Party Home State Popular Vote(a) Electoral Vote Running Mate Running Mate's
Home State
Running Mate's
Electoral Vote
Count Percentage
Andrew Jackson Democratic Tennessee 701,780 54.2% 219 Martin Van Buren New York 189
William Wilkins Pennsylvania 30
Henry Clay National Republican Kentucky (b)484,205 37.4% 49 John Sergeant Pennsylvania 49
John Floyd National Republican Virginia (c) 11 Henry Lee Massachusetts 11
William Wirt Anti-Masonic Virginia (c)100,715 7.8% 7 Amos Ellmaker Pennsylvania 7
Other 7,273 0.6% 0 Other 0
Total 1,293,973 100.0% 286 Total 286
Needed to win 144 Needed to win 144

Source (Popular Vote): Leip, David. 1832 Presidential Election Results. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections (July 27, 2005).

Source (Electoral Vote): Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996. Official website of the National Archives. (July 31, 2005).

(a) The popular vote figures exclude South Carolina where the Electors were chosen by the state legislature rather than by popular vote.
(b) 66,706 Pennsylvanians voted for the Union slate, which represented both Clay and Wirt. These voters have been assigned to Wirt and not Clay.
(c) All of John Floyd's electoral votes came from South Carolina where the Electors were chosen by the state legislatures rather than by popular vote.

Electoral college selection


Method of choosing Electors State(s)
state is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district Maryland
each Elector appointed by state legislature South Carolina
each Elector chosen by voters statewide (all other states)

See also


U.S. presidential elections

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