Who won Massachusetts in the 1836 presidential election?

Webster (Whig) carried Massachusetts in 1836, winning its 14 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 1836?

Massachusetts cast 14 electoral votes in the 1836 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 1836?

No. Massachusetts backed Webster, while Martin Van Buren won the presidency nationally.

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1836

Massachusetts: Webster carries 14 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 14 electoral votes for Webster (Whig). National winner: Martin Van Buren (Democratic) — Massachusetts voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1836 result in Massachusetts

Massachusetts backed Webster (Whig) in the 1836 presidential election, casting 14 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Martin Van Buren (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Massachusetts among the states he did not carry.

The result flipped Massachusetts away from the National Republican it had supported in 1832. It stood apart from its neighbors: Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire went the other way that year. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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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