Who won Tennessee in the 1836 presidential election?

White (Whig) carried Tennessee in 1836, winning its 15 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Tennessee have in 1836?

Tennessee cast 15 electoral votes in the 1836 presidential election.

Did Tennessee vote for the national winner in 1836?

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

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1836

Tennessee: White carries 15 EV.

Tennessee cast its 15 electoral votes for White (Whig). National winner: Martin Van Buren (Democratic) — Tennessee voted against the national winner this cycle.

Tennessee in 1836

The 1836 contest saw Tennessee line up behind White, delivering 15 electoral votes to the Whig ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Martin Van Buren (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Tennessee among the states he did not carry.

White's win closed out Tennessee's 2-election run of voting Democratic. The region divided — Kentucky and Georgia joined Tennessee for the Whig ticket, while Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri did not. Across the 57 presidential elections Tennessee has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 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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