Despite not agreeing to run, one presidential candidate in this election won eleven electoral votes.
Despite not agreeing to run, one presidential candidate in this election won eleven electoral votes. This was the only time that the Senate picked the Vice President, since Virginian electors did not vote for their party candidate Richard Mentor Johnson because of his relationship with a slave. The Tenneessean Hugh Lawson White denied running for his party in this election. Willie P. Magnum was on one party's ballot for South Carolina, and Daniel Webster was on the same party's ballot in Massachusetts. The keys state in this election was Pennsylvania, which gave its electoral votes to the Democratic candidate and prevented the Whig plan to have the House of Representatives choose from its four candidates. This election saw the incumbent Vice President from New York defeat the victor at the battles of the Thames and Tippecanoe. For 10 points name this election, when William Henry Harrison lost to Martin Van Buren to replace a retired Andrew Jackson.
Despite not agreeing to run, one presidential candidate in this election won eleven electoral votes.
United States Presidential {Election of 1836}