Who won Georgia in the 1836 presidential election?

White (Whig) carried Georgia in 1836, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1836?

Georgia cast 11 electoral votes in the 1836 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1836?

No. Georgia backed White, while Martin Van Buren won the presidency nationally.

Second Party SystemGA · 11 EV

1836

Georgia: White carries 11 EV.

Georgia cast its 11 electoral votes for White (Whig). National winner: Martin Van Buren (Democratic) — Georgia voted against the national winner this cycle.

Georgia in 1836

The 1836 contest saw Georgia line up behind White, delivering 11 electoral votes to the Whig ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Martin Van Buren (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Georgia among the states he did not carry.

White's win closed out Georgia's 2-election run of voting Democratic. The region divided — Tennessee and South Carolina joined Georgia for the Whig ticket, while Alabama and North Carolina did not. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 times). The vote fell within the Second Party System — Jackson, Whigs, and the rise of mass politics.

In the national count, Martin Van Buren took 170 of the 294 electoral votes, against William Henry Harrison's 73. Martin Van Buren led the national popular vote with 50.79% of the ballots cast.

The 1836 national map

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