Who won Maine in the 1836 presidential election?

VanBuren (Democratic) carried Maine in 1836, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Maine have in 1836?

Maine cast 10 electoral votes in the 1836 presidential election.

Did Maine vote for the national winner in 1836?

No. Maine backed VanBuren, while Martin Van Buren won the presidency nationally.

Second Party SystemME · 10 EV

1836

Maine: VanBuren carries 10 EV.

Maine cast its 10 electoral votes for VanBuren (Democratic). National winner: Martin Van Buren (Democratic) — Maine voted against the national winner this cycle.

Maine in 1836

The 1836 contest saw Maine line up behind VanBuren, delivering 10 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Martin Van Buren (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Maine among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Maine backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1828. Maine did not move alone — neighboring New Hampshire broke the same way in 1836. Across the 52 presidential elections Maine has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (29 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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