Who won Mississippi in the 1832 presidential election?

Jackson (Democratic) carried Mississippi in 1832, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 1832?

Mississippi cast 4 electoral votes in the 1832 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 1832?

Yes. Mississippi backed Andrew Jackson, who won the presidency that year.

Second Party SystemMS · 4 EV

1832

Mississippi: Jackson carries 4 EV.

Mississippi cast its 4 electoral votes for Jackson (Democratic). National winner: Andrew Jackson (Democratic) — Mississippi voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Mississippi, 1832

In 1832, Mississippi awarded its 4 electoral votes to Jackson of the Democratic party. Mississippi ended up on the winning side — Andrew Jackson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Mississippi backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1828. Mississippi did not move alone — neighboring Louisiana, Tennessee, and Alabama broke the same way in 1832. Across the 51 presidential elections Mississippi has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the Second Party System — Jackson, Whigs, and the rise of mass politics.

In the national count, Andrew Jackson took 219 of the 286 electoral votes, against Henry Clay's 49. Andrew Jackson led the national popular vote with 54.74% of the ballots cast.

The 1832 national map

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