Presidential election of 1832 - TheUSAPresidents.com

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Twelfth American presidential election of 1832

Dates

The 1832 election took place from Friday, November 2 - Wednesday, December 5, 1832.

Candidates

Final tickets

Campaining & major issues

This election was (unofficially) the first the Whig Party ran in. Some were unhappy with Andrew Jackson and called him "King Andrew". He had radical ideas like getting rid of the second bank of the United States and getting rid of the electoral college. This and all the vetoes he gave caused him to be criticized. Vice president John Calhoun resigned and so Jackson had nominated Martin Van Buren, the creator of the Democratic party. The Anti-Masonic party was notable for being the first major third-party in the United States and being the first to have a party convention, which is now the standard today.

Electoral college & turn-out

The electoral college increased to 286 electors; 145 needed to win. 1,293,973 people voted.

Results

First place (winner): Andrew Jackson & Martin Van Buren

Second place: Henry Clay & John Sergeant

Third place: Andrew Jackson & William Wilkins

Fourth place: John Floyd & Henry Lee

Fifth place: William Wirt & Amos Ellmaker

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