United States presidential election, 1836

The presidential election in 1836 in the United States remained mainly because of three reasons in mind:

1 It was the last election until 1988, in which a sitting vice president was elected to the highest office in the United States.

2 It was the only election in which a major political party intentionally took up with several candidates. The Whigs presented four different candidates in different regions of the country. They hoped that each individual would be popular enough to defeat the Democrats Martin Van Buren in their respective parts of the country. The House of Representatives would then have the choice to decide between the Whig candidate. This strategy failed: Van Buren won the majority of electoral college and became president.

3 This choice is the first and to date only one in which the election of the Vice- President was only decided in the Senate.

Candidates Gallery

Former Senator William Henry Harrison ( Ohio)

Senator Daniel Webster (Massachusetts )

Senator Hugh Lawson White ( Tennessee)

Senator Willie Mangum person (North Carolina)

Result

* At 100 % percent: invalid votes / votes for other candidates

The Vice- Presidential election decided Richard M. Johnson with 33 to 16 Senate votes against Francis Granger in his favor.