Who won Louisiana in the 1840 presidential election?

Harrison (Whig) carried Louisiana in 1840, winning its 5 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 1840?

Louisiana cast 5 electoral votes in the 1840 presidential election.

Did Louisiana vote for the national winner in 1840?

Yes. Louisiana backed William Henry Harrison, who won the presidency that year.

Second Party SystemLA · 5 EV

1840

Louisiana: Harrison carries 5 EV.

Louisiana cast its 5 electoral votes for Harrison (Whig). National winner: William Henry Harrison (Whig) — Louisiana voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1840 result in Louisiana

Louisiana backed Harrison (Whig) in the 1840 presidential election, casting 5 electoral votes for the ticket. Louisiana ended up on the winning side — William Henry Harrison captured the White House that year.

Harrison's win closed out Louisiana's 3-election run of voting Democratic. It stood apart from its neighbors: Arkansas and Mississippi went the other way that year. Across the 53 presidential elections Louisiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (29 times). The vote fell within the Second Party System — Jackson, Whigs, and the rise of mass politics.

In the national count, William Henry Harrison took 234 of the 294 electoral votes, against Martin Van Buren's 60. William Henry Harrison led the national popular vote with 52.87% of the ballots cast.

The 1840 national map

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