Who won Mississippi in the 1836 presidential election?

VanBuren (Democratic) carried Mississippi in 1836, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 1836?

Mississippi cast 4 electoral votes in the 1836 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 1836?

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

Second Party SystemMS · 4 EV

1836

Mississippi: VanBuren carries 4 EV.

Mississippi cast its 4 electoral votes for VanBuren (Democratic). National winner: Martin Van Buren (Democratic) — Mississippi voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1836 result in Mississippi

Mississippi backed VanBuren (Democratic) in the 1836 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Martin Van Buren (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Mississippi among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Mississippi backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1828. The region divided — Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama joined Mississippi for the Democratic ticket, while Tennessee did not. 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, 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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