1832 United States presidential election information
12th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
1832 United States presidential election
← 1828
November 2 – December 5, 1832
1836 →
288 members of the Electoral College[a] 145 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout
57%[1] 0.3 pp
Nominee
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Party
Democratic
National Republican
Home state
Tennessee
Kentucky
Running mate
Martin Van Buren[b]
John Sergeant
Electoral vote
219
49
States carried
16
6
Popular vote
701,780
484,205
Percentage
54.2%
37.4%
Nominee
John Floyd
William Wirt
Party
Nullifier
Anti-Masonic
Home state
Virginia
Maryland
Running mate
Henry Lee
Amos Ellmaker
Electoral vote
11
7
States carried
1
1
Popular vote
N/A[c]
100,715
Percentage
N/A
7.8%
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Jackson and Van Buren or Wilkins, Astra denotes those won by Clay/Sergeant, Teal denotes those won by Floyd/Lee, and Gold denotes those won by Wirt/Ellmaker. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. Two votes were not given in Maryland.
President before election
Andrew Jackson
Democratic
Elected President
Andrew Jackson
Democratic
The 1832 United States presidential election was the 12th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, November 2 to Wednesday, December 5, 1832. Incumbent president Andrew Jackson, candidate of the Democratic Party, defeated Henry Clay, candidate of the National Republican Party.
The election saw the first use of the presidential nominating conventions, and the Democrats, National Republicans, and the Anti-Masonic Party all used conventions to select their candidates. Jackson won re-nomination with no opposition, and the 1832 Democratic National Convention replaced Vice President John C. Calhoun with Martin Van Buren. The National Republican Convention nominated a ticket led by Clay, a Kentuckian who had served as Secretary of State under President John Quincy Adams. The Anti-Masonic Party, one of the first major U.S. third parties, nominated former Attorney General William Wirt.
Jackson faced heavy criticism for his actions in the Bank War, but remained popular among the general public. He won a majority of the popular vote and 219 of the 288 electoral votes, carrying most states outside New England. Clay won 37.4% of the popular vote and 49 electoral votes, while Wirt won 7.8% of the popular vote and carried the state of Vermont. Virginia Governor John Floyd, who had not actively campaigned, won South Carolina's electoral votes. After the election, members of the National Republican Party and the Anti-Masonic Party formed the Whig Party, which became the Democrats' primary opponent over the next two decades.
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^"National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.
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