United States Presidential Election, 1832

The United States presidential election of 1832 saw incumbent President Andrew Jackson , candidate of the Democratic Party , easily won reelection against Henry Clay of Kentucky . Jackson won 219 of the 286 electoral votes cast, easily defeating Clay, the candidate of the National Republican Party and Anti-Masonic Party candidate William Wirt . John Floyd , who was not a candidate, received the electoral vote of South Carolina.

This was the first national election for Martin Van Buren of New York , who was put on the ticket to succeed John Caldwell Calhoun and four years later would succeed Jackson as President. Van Buren faced opposition for the Vice Presidency within his own party, however, and as a result 30 Pennsylvania electors cast ballots for native son William Wilkins .

GENERAL ELECTION

Campaign

The election campaign revolved around the Second Bank Of The United States . Jackson, who disliked banks and paper money in general, vetoed the renewal of the Bank's charter and withdrew federal deposits from the bank. Clay hoped to divide Jackson's supporters and curry favor in Pennsylvania , the bank's headquarters, by attacking Jackson. Whigs attacked Jackson's use of presidential veto power, showing him as “King Andrew”.
However, the attacks on Jackson generally failed, in spite of heavy funding by the bank, as Jackson convinced the ordinary population that he was defending them against a privileged elite. Jackson campaign events were marked by enormous turnout, and he swept Pennsylvania and the vast majority of the country.

Results

Source (Popular Vote):

Source (Electoral Vote):

^(a) ''The popular vote figures exclude South Carolina where the Electors were chosen by the state legislature rather than by popular vote.''

^(b) ''66,706 Pennsylvanians voted for the Union slate, which represented both Clay and Wirt. These voters have been assigned to Wirt and not Clay.''

^(c) ''All of John Floyd's electoral votes came from South Carolina where the Electors were chosen by the state legislatures rather than by popular vote.''

ELECTORAL COLLEGE SELECTION

	Method	state is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district
	States	Maryland

	Method	each Elector appointed by state legislature
	States	South Carolina

	Method	each Elector chosen by voters statewide
	States	''(all other states)''

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United States Presidential Election, 1832