1832 United States presidential election in Vermont

The 1832 United States presidential election in Vermont took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

1832 United States presidential election in Vermont

November 2 – December 5, 1832

Nominee William Wirt Henry Clay Andrew Jackson Party Anti-Masonic National Republican Democratic Home state Maryland Kentucky Tennessee Running mate Amos Ellmaker John Sergeant Martin Van Buren Electoral vote 7 0 0 Popular vote 13,106 11,152 7,870 Percentage 40.79% 34.71% 24.50%

President before election Andrew Jackson Democratic Elected President Andrew Jackson Democratic

Vermont voted for the Anti-Masonic Party candidate, William Wirt, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, and the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson. Vermont was the only state in the country that Wirt carried in 1832, by a margin of 6.08%. As of 2017, Wirt's performance remains the best-ever by a third-party Presidential candidate in any Northeastern state,[1] constitutes the solitary occasion a third-party candidate has carried any New England state,[lower-alpha 1] and the only time a person from Maryland[lower-alpha 2] has ever won an electoral vote for the Presidency from pledged electors. (Spiro Agnew of Maryland would in 1968 and 1972 win the electoral vote for the vice presidency.) [2]

While Vermont was the only state that voted for Wirt, it would only prove to be his second strongest in terms of popular vote percentage, the first being Pennsylvania with 42.04 percentage points.[3]

Results

1832 United States presidential election in Vermont[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Anti-Masonic	William Wirt	13,106	40.79%	7
	National Republican	Henry Clay	11,152	34.71%	0
	Democratic	Andrew Jackson	7,870	24.50%	0
Totals			32,128	100.0%	7

See also

• United States presidential elections in Vermont

Notes

1. The only subsequent occasion a third-party candidate has carried any indisputably "Northeastern" state was when former President Theodore Roosevelt won Pennsylvania under the Progressive Party banner in 1912, although another ex-President, Millard Fillmore, carried border state Maryland (sometimes classified as Northeastern) in 1856 under the "Know Nothing" banner.
2. Wirt was not on the ballot at all in his home state.

References

1. Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 396 ISBN 0313257957
2. ‘What States do Presidents Come From?’
3. "1832 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
4. "1832 Presidential General Election Results - Vermont". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 12 April 2013.