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1836 United States presidential election in Indiana
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November 7, 1836
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Turnout69.2%[1] Decrease 2.7 pp
 
Nominee William Henry Harrison Martin Van Buren
Party Whig Democratic
Home state Ohio New York
Running mate Francis Granger Richard Mentor Johnson
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 41,281 32,978
Percentage 55.59% 44.41%
County Results
President before election

Andrew Jackson
Democratic

Elected President

Martin Van Buren
Democratic

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 1836, as part of the 1836 United States presidential election.[2] The Whig ticket of the former major general William Henry Harrison and the U.S. representative from New York's 26th congressional district Francis Granger defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent vice president Martin Van Buren and the U.S. representative from Kentucky's 13th congressional district Richard Mentor Johnson.[3] Van Buren defeated Harrison in the national election with 170 electoral votes.[4]

General election

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Summary

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Indiana chose nine electors in a statewide general election. Nineteenth-century presidential elections used a form of block voting that allowed voters to modify the electoral list nominated by a political party before submitting their ballots. Because voters elected each member of the Electoral College individually, electors nominated by the same party often received differing numbers of votes as a consequence of voter rolloff, split-ticket voting, or electoral fusion.[5] This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket, to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.

1836 United States presidential election in Indiana[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Henry Harrison
Francis Granger 		41,281 55.59 Increase 11.06
Democratic Martin Van Buren
Richard Mentor Johnson 		32,978 44.41 Decrease 11.01
Total votes 74,259 100.00

Results

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1836 United States presidential election in Indiana[3]
Party Candidate Votes
Whig John G. Clendenin 41,281
Whig Marston G. Clark 41,280
Whig Milton Stapp 41,278
Whig Abraham P. Andrew 41,276
Whig Albert Smith White 41,276
Whig Achilles Williams 41,276
Whig Hiram Decker 41,275
Whig Enoch McCarty 41,275
Whig Austin W. Morris 41,271
Democratic John Myers 32,978
Democratic Jesse Jackson 32,977
Democratic George W. Moore 32,977
Democratic Thomas C. Stewart 32,977
Democratic William White 32,975
Democratic Rockhill William 32,975
Democratic Marinus Willett 32,973
Democratic Jonathan Williams 32,971
Democratic Elisha Long 32,967
Total
≈74,259

Results by county

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The following table compares the votes for the leading Democratic and Whig electors in each county. It therefore differs slightly from the summary table, which compares the votes for the leading electors statewide.

1836 United States presidential election in Indiana by county[3]
County William Henry Harrison
Whig 		Martin Van Buren
Democratic 		Margin Total
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Adams 68 70.83% 28 29.17% 40 41.67% 96
Allen 354 57.10% 266 42.90% 88 14.19% 620
Bartholomew 608 59.61% 412 40.39% 196 19.22% 1,020
Boone 464 52.43% 421 47.57% 43 4.86% 885
Carroll 375 39.89% 565 60.11% -190 −20.21% 940
Cass 513 64.21% 286 35.79% 227 28.41% 799
Clark 893 47.73% 978 52.27% -85 −4.54% 1,871
Clay 153 37.87% 251 62.13% -98 −24.26% 404
Clinton 331 43.67% 427 56.20% -96 −12.66% 758
Crawford 196 54.14% 166 45.86% 30 8.29% 362
Daviess 438 63.39% 253 36.61% 185 26.77% 691
Dearborn 1,203 48.41% 1,282 51.59% -79 −3.18% 2,485
Decatur 950 64.94% 513 35.06% 437 29.87% 1,463
Delaware 369 54.59% 307 45.41% 62 9.17% 676
Dubois 165 56.51% 127 43.49% 38 13.01% 292
Elkhart 354 53.72% 305 46.28% 49 7.44% 659
Fayette 965 63.91% 545 36.09% 420 27.81% 1,510
Floyd 574 36.49% 999 63.51% -425 −27.02% 1,573
Fountain 697 42.37% 948 57.63% -251 −15.26% 1,645
Franklin 963 52.39% 875 47.61% 88 4.79% 1,838
Fulton 55 58.51% 39 41.49% 16 17.02% 94
Gibson 496 53.85% 425 46.15% 71 7.71% 921
Grant 238 64.67% 130 35.33% 108 29.35% 368
Greene 366 52.59% 330 47.41% 36 5.17% 696
Hamilton 569 68.47% 262 31.53% 307 36.94% 831
Hancock 366 55.54% 293 44.46% 73 11.08% 659
Harrison 747 62.09% 456 37.91% 291 24.19% 1,203
Hendricks 731 65.21% 390 34.79% 341 30.42% 1,121
Henry 1,304 64.68% 712 35.32% 592 29.37% 2,016
Huntington 52 43.70% 67 56.30% -15 −12.61% 119
Jackson 439 58.85% 307 41.15% 132 17.69% 746
Jefferson 1,172 63.32% 679 36.68% 493 26.63% 1,851
Jennings 626 68.19% 292 31.81% 334 36.38% 918
Johnson 438 43.93% 559 56.07% -121 −12.14% 997
Knox 736 62.75% 437 37.25% 299 25.49% 1,173
Kosciusko 160 51.78% 149 48.22% 11 3.56% 309
LaGrange 138 47.92% 150 52.08% -12 −4.17% 288
LaPorte 490 52.02% 452 47.98% 38 4.03% 942
Lawrence 670 45.12% 815 54.88% -145 −9.76% 1,485
Madison 487 57.03% 367 42.97% 120 14.05% 854
Marion 1,409 57.46% 1,043 42.54% 366 14.93% 2,452
Marshall 94 69.12% 42 30.88% 52 38.24% 136
Martin 142 41.89% 197 58.11% -55 −16.22% 339
Miami 133 62.44% 80 37.56% 53 24.88% 213
Monroe 424 41.25% 604 58.75% 180 17.51% 1,028
Montgomery 1,066 58.64% 752 41.36% 314 17.27% 1,818
Morgan 666 55.09% 543 44.91% 123 10.17% 1,209
Noble 46 36.51% 80 63.49% -34 −26.98% 126
Orange 483 46.13% 564 53.87% -81 −7.74% 1,047
Owen 427 59.89% 286 40.11% 141 19.78% 713
Parke 828 60.79% 534 39.21% 294 21.59% 1,362
Perry 392 77.47% 114 22.53% 278 54.94% 506
Pike 226 50.90% 218 49.10% 8 1.80% 444
Porter 87 55.77% 69 44.23% 18 11.54% 156
Posey 330 30.53% 751 69.47% -421 −38.95% 1,081
Putnam 1,067 60.59% 694 39.41% 373 21.18% 1,761
Randolph 633 73.01% 234 26.99% 399 46.02% 867
Ripley 663 59.41% 453 40.59% 210 18.82% 1,116
Rush 1,167 60.91% 749 38.62% 418 21.82% 1,916
St. Joseph 480 65.31% 255 34.69% 225 30.61% 735
Scott 294 52.41% 267 47.59% 27 4.81% 561
Shelby 688 50.48% 675 49.52% 13 0.95% 1,363
Spencer 171 48.86% 179 51.14% -8 −2.29% 350
Sullivan 203[a] 26.68% 558 73.32% -355 −46.65% 761
Switzerland 630 54.83% 519 45.17% 111 9.66% 1,149
Tippecanoe 1,244 54.44% 1,041 45.56% 203 8.88% 2,285
Union 700 51.17% 568 41.52% 132 9.65% 1,368
Vanderburgh 269 67.42% 130 32.58% 139 34.84% 399
Vermillion 574 57.00% 433 43.00% 131 13.01% 1,007
Vigo 963 77.04% 287 22.96% 676 54.08% 1,250
Wabash 122 72.19% 47 27.81% 75 44.38% 169
Warren 541 62.18% 329 37.82% 212 24.37% 870
Warrick 157 29.24% 380 70.76% -223 −41.53% 537
Washington 656 40.92% 947 59.08% -291 −18.15% 1,603
Wayne 2,285 69.88% 985 30.12% 1,300 39.76% 3,270
White 109 50.70% 106 49.30% 3 1.40% 215
TOTAL 41,282 55.59% 32,978 44.41% 8,304 11.18% 74,260

Results by congressional district

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Congressional district results
  Whig 50–60%
  Whig 60–70%
1836 United States presidential election in Indiana by congressional district[7]
District Harrison Van Buren Representative
1st 50.85% 49.15% Ratliff Boon
2nd 55.70% 44.30% John Wesley Davis (24th Congress)
John Ewing (25th Congress)
3rd 55.94% 44.06% John Carr (24th Congress)
William Graham (25th Congress)
4th 55.70% 44.30% Amos Lane (24th Congress)
George H. Dunn (25th Congress)
5th 63.84% 36.16% Jonathan McCarty (24th Congress)
James Rariden (25th Congress)
6th 55.83% 44.17% George L. Kinnard (24th Congress)
William Herod (25th Congress)
7th 53.70% 46.30% Edward A. Hannegan (24th Congress)
Albert White (25th Congress)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Including 126 votes (17%) for Harrison and Granger and 77 votes (10%) for Harrison and no running mate.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Madison 1986, p. 330.
  2. ^ "Presidential Elections". Weekly Messenger. November 12, 1836.
  3. ^ a b c d Riker & Thornbrough 1960, pp. 21–28.
  4. ^ "1836 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  5. ^ Lampi n.d.; Ratcliffe 2014, p. 57.
  6. ^ Riker & Thornbrough 1960, p. 28n4.
  7. ^ "[Certified election result]". Bloomington Post. December 16, 1836.

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