1836 United States presidential election in Indiana
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A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 1836, as part of the 1836 United States presidential election.[2] The Whig ticket of the former major general William Henry Harrison and the U.S. representative from New York's 26th congressional district Francis Granger defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent vice president Martin Van Buren and the U.S. representative from Kentucky's 13th congressional district Richard Mentor Johnson.[3] Van Buren defeated Harrison in the national election with 170 electoral votes.[4]
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November 7, 1836
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| Turnout | 69.2%[1]  2.7 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 County Results
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General election
Summary
Indiana chose nine electors on a statewide general ticket. Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to elect each member of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a group. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.[5] This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket, to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | William Henry Harrison Francis Granger |
41,281 | 55.97 |  11.44 | |
| Democratic | Martin Van Buren Richard Mentor Johnson |
32,478 | 44.03 | 11.39 | |
| Total votes | 73,759 | 100.00 | |||
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John G. Clendenin | 41,281 | |
| Whig | Marston G. Clark | 41,280 | |
| Whig | Milton Stapp | 41,278 | |
| Whig | Abraham P. Andrew | 41,276 | |
| Whig | Albert Smith White | 41,276 | |
| Whig | Achilles Williams | 41,276 | |
| Whig | Hiram Decker | 41,275 | |
| Whig | Enoch McCarty | 41,275 | |
| Whig | Austin W. Morris | 41,271 | |
| Democratic | John Myers | 32,978 | |
| Democratic | Jesse Jackson | 32,977 | |
| Democratic | George W. Moore | 32,977 | |
| Democratic | Thomas C. Stewart | 32,977 | |
| Democratic | William White | 32,975 | |
| Democratic | Rockhill William | 32,975 | |
| Democratic | Marinus Willett | 32,973 | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Williams | 32,971 | |
| Democratic | Elisha Long | 32,967 | |
Total |
â73,759 | ||
