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The1836 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 7, 1836 as part of the1836 United States presidential election.[1] Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forPresident andVice President.
TheWhig Party, unable to agree on a candidate, ran four candidates againstDemocratic nomineeMartin Van Buren:Hugh Lawson White,William Henry Harrison,Daniel Webster, andWillie Person Mangum.Tennessee Senator Hugh Lawson White was the Whig Party nominee in Tennessee.
During the campaign trail,Andrew Jackson actively campaigned against White in Tennessee and accused him of being afederalist who was opposed to states' rights.[2]
In spite of opposition from Jackson, Tennessee Whig nominee White won Tennessee, defeating Democratic nominee Van Buren, by a margin of 15.84%.
White also wonGeorgia, giving him 26electoral votes, the third highest total behind Van Buren's 170, and Harrison's 73.[3]
The1835 Democratic National Convention chose a ticket of Van Buren (PresidentAndrew Jackson's handpicked successor) and U.S. RepresentativeRichard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky. The Whig Party, which had only recently emerged and was primarily united by opposition to Jackson, was not yet sufficiently organized to agree on a single candidate. Hoping to compel acontingent election in theHouse of Representatives by denying the Democrats an electoral majority, the Whigs ran multiple candidates. Most Northern and border state Whigs supported the ticket led by former SenatorWilliam Henry Harrison of Ohio, while most Southern Whigs supported the ticket led by SenatorHugh Lawson White of Tennessee. Two other Whigs,Daniel Webster andWillie Person Mangum, carried Massachusetts and South Carolina respectively on single-state tickets.
| 1836 United States presidential election in Tennessee[4] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Whig | Hugh White ofTennessee | John Tyler ofVirginia | 36,027 | 57.92% | 15 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Martin Van Buren ofNew York | Richard M. Johnson ofKentucky | 26,170 | 42.08% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 62,197 | 100.00% | 15 | 100.00% | ||||
State and district results of the1836 United States presidential election | ||
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