UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1836 =========================================================================== In South Carolina the legislature cast the state's votes. POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE =========================================================================== The Whig Party nominated three candidates (Harrison, White and Daniel Webster) who contested different states in an effort to maximise the Whig vote. William H Martin Hugh L Harrison van Buren White (Whig, OH) (Democrat, NY) (Whig, TN) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- State vote % ECV vote % ECV vote % ECV --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA - - 20,638 55.3 7 16,658 44.7 - ARKANSAS - - 2,380 64.1 3 1,334 35.9 - CONNECTICUT 18,799 49.4 - 19,294 50.7 8 - - DELAWARE 4,736 53.2 3 4,154 46.7 - - - GEORGIA - - 22,778 48.2 - 24,481 51.8 11 ILLINOIS 15,220 45.3 - 18,369 54.7 5 - - INDIANA 41,339 55.6 9 33,084 44.5 - - - KENTUCKY 36,861 52.6 15 33,229 47.4 - - - LOUISIANA - - 3,842 51.7 5 3,583 48.3 - MAINE 14,803 38.2 - 22,825 58.9 10 - - MARYLAND 25,852 53.7 10 22,267 46.3 - - - MASSACHUSETTS - - 33,486 44.8 - - - MICHIGAN 5,545 46.0 - 6,507 54.0 3 - - MISSISSIPPI - - 10,297 51.3 4 9,782 48.7 - MISSOURI - - 10,995 60.0 4 7,337 40.0 - NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,228 25.0 - 18,697 75.0 7 - - NEW JERSEY 26,137 50.5 8 25,592 49.5 - - - NEW YORK 138,548 45.4 - 166,795 54.6 42 - - NTH CAROLINA - - 26,631 53.1 15 23,521 46.9 - OHIO 105,809 52.1 21 97,122 47.9 - - - PENNSYLVANIA 87,235 48.8 - 91,466 51.2 30 - - RHODE ISLAND 2,710 47.8 - 2,962 52.2 4 - - STH CAROLINA * - * - * - TENNESSEE - - 26,170 42.1 - 36,027 57.9 15 VERMONT 20,998 59.8 7 14,040 40.0 - - - VIRGINIA - - 30,556 56.6 23 23,384 43.4 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 550,816 36.6 73 764,176 50.8 170 146,107 09.7 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Webster (Whig) polled 41,204 votes (55.1%) in Massacusetts and received Massachusetts's 14 electoral votes. South Carolina cast its 11 electoral votes for Magnum (Independent Democrat). -------------------------------------------------------------------------