1840 United States presidential election in Indiana
November 2, 1840
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A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 2, 1840 as part of the 1840 United States presidential election.[1] The Whig ticket of the former major general William Henry Harrison and the former U.S. senator from Virginia John Tyler defeated the incumbent Democratic president Martin Van Buren.[2] Harrison defeated Van Buren in the national election with 234 electoral votes.[3]
General election
Summary
Indiana chose nine electors on a statewide general ticket. Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to elect each member of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a group. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.[4] This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket, to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | William Henry Harrison John Tyler |
63,237 | 55.01 | 0.96 | |
| Democratic | Martin Van Buren N/A[a] |
51,691 | 44.96 | 0.93 | |
| Liberty | James G. Birney Thomas Earle |
30 | 0.03 | 0.03 | |
| Total votes | 114,958 | 100.00 | |||
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | James H. Cravens | 63,237 | |
| Whig | John W. Payne | 63,237 | |
| Whig | Caleb B. Smith | 63,237 | |
| Whig | Richard W. Thompson | 63,235 | |
| Whig | Joseph L. White | 63,235 | |
| Whig | William Herod | 63,227 | |
| Whig | Joseph G. Marshall | 63,225 | |
| Whig | Samuel C. Sample | 63,217 | |
| Whig | McCarty Jonathan | 63,216 | |
| Democratic | William Hendricks | 51,691 | |
| Democratic | Robert Dale Owen | 51,690 | |
| Democratic | Thomas J. Henley | 51,688 | |
| Democratic | Andrew Kennedy | 51,688 | |
| Democratic | John L. Robinson | 51,687 | |
| Democratic | William J. Peaslet | 51,676 | |
| Democratic | John M. Lenon | 51,642 | |
| Democratic | Henry Secrest | 51,494 | |
| Democratic | Tilghman Howard | 51,339 | |
| Democratic | George W. Ewing (withdrawn)[5] | 351 | |
| Democratic | George Boon (withdrawn)[6] | 196 | |
| Unpledged | J. M. Simmons | 51 | |
| Liberty | Lesmon Basye | 30 | |
| Liberty | James Clayton | 30 | |
| Liberty | Cyrus Hamilton | 30 | |
| Liberty | Thomas Hicklin | 30 | |
| Liberty | Thomas Johns | 30 | |
| Liberty | Thomas Maxwell | 30 | |
| Liberty | William Smith | 30 | |
| Liberty | Samuel Stephenson | 30 | |
| Liberty | Daniel Worth | 30 | |
Total
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≈114,958
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See also
Notes
References
- ^ Dubin 2002, p. xvi.
- ^ a b c Riker & Thornbrough 1960, pp. 29–37.
- ^ "1840 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
- ^ Lampi n.d.; Ratcliffe 2014, p. 57.
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- "Gen. Tilghman A. Howard [...]". Leavenworth Arena. October 15, 1840.
- "The Indiana Democrat [...]". Vevay Times and Switzerland County Herald. October 15, 1840.
- "O.K.: Offul Katasrophe". Vincennes Gazette. October 17, 1840.
- ^ "To the Democratic Republicans of Indiana". Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat. May 28, 1840.
Bibiliography
- "1840 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
- Dubin, Michael J. (2002). United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. xvi.
- Lampi, Philip J. (n.d.). "Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
- Ratcliffe, Donald J. (Spring 2014). "Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824". Journal of the Early Republic. 34 (1): 45–77. JSTOR 24486931.
- Riker, Dorothy; Thornbrough, Gayle, eds. (1960). Indiana Election Returns, 1816–1851. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau.