1836 U.S. Presidential Election

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Twelve years after the first election of Henry Clay, the presidency is once again wide open for contention. Defending Clay's legacy and campaigning on preservation of the National Bank is Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts. Attacking the incumbent president is Senator Martin Van Buren of New York, proposing his "independent treasury" system. Meanwhile, returning is the Anti-Masonic party, led by a man who himself was Clay's Vice President, Richard Rush of Pennsylvania.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Daniel Webster has won the election, marking a fourth term of National Republican dominance, but by a much closer margin than the previous two elections.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The 1836 United States Presidential Election
In the closest election since 1824, and the closest the Democrats had ever come to the presidency, Senator Daniel Webster was nonetheless elected with a majority of the electoral vote, despite the third party candidacy of Richard Rush. The National Republican legacy would continue.

Senator Daniel Webster (National Republican-Massachusetts)/Congressman Francis P. Granger (National Republican-New York) 162 electoral votes, 48% of the popular vote
Senator Martin Van Buren (Democrat-New York)/Senator Richard M. Johnson (Democrat-Kentucky) 125 electoral votes, 40% of the popular vote
Former Vice President Richard Rush (Anti-Masonic-Pennsylvania)/Former Governor William A. Palmer (Anti-Masonic-Vermont) 7 electoral votes, 12% of the popular vote