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1832 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Nominee Henry Clay Andrew Jackson
Party National Republican Democratic
Home state Kentucky Tennessee
Running mate John Sergeant Martin Van Buren
Electoral vote 5[1] 3
Popular vote 19,160 19,156
Percentage 50.01% 49.99%

County Results

President before election

Andrew Jackson
Democratic

Elected President

Andrew Jackson
Democratic

In the 1832 United States presidential election in Maryland, the general election took place across the state on November 12[2] and the Electoral College meeting in Annapolis on December 5.[3] The state was was divided into four districts, each returning between one and four of the ten electors allocated to it in the Electoral College.[4] Two districts, returning a total seven electors, voted for the National Republican Party candidates, Henry Clay and John Sergeant, for President and Vice President respectively, while the two districts around Baltimore returned three electors for the Democratic Party candidates, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.[5] However, two of Clay's electors missed the Electoral College vote through illness, so that Maryland's final vote was Jackson 5, Clay 3.[6]

While John Floyd of the Nullifier Party and William Wirt of the Anti-Masonic Party won electors in other states, neither was on the ballot in Maryland, thought Wirt was himself a Marylander.[7] In 1832, the Maryland General Assembly favored Clay and gerrymandered the four districts accordingly.[8] By the time Maryland came to vote, results in other states meant the Jackson's victory nationally was assured.[9] Clay won Maryland's popular vote, with a mere five votes more than Jackson in total across all four districts.[10] This margin is the smallest between two major candidates in any state in any presidential election in United States history. This is the only time a Democrat won nationally without carrying the state's popular vote either time[clarification needed]. This was the last time Maryland split its Presidential election into multiple electoral districts, although split Electoral College votes occurred again in 1904 and 1908.[11]

Results

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1832 United States presidential election in Maryland[12]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
National Republican Henry Clay 19,160 50.01% 5
Democratic Andrew Jackson (incumbent) 19,156 49.99% 3[13]
Totals 38,316 100.0% 8

Results by electoral district

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1832 United States presidential election in Maryland District 1 — Western (4 Electors) [14]
Allegany, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, and Washington counties</ref>
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
National Republican Henry Clay 8,458 62.398% 4
Democratic Andrew Jackson (incumbent) 5,097 37.602% 0
Totals 13,555 100.0% 4
1832 United States presidential election in Maryland District 2 — Baltimore City (2 Electors)
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Andrew Jackson (incumbent) 5,025 54.190% 2
National Republican Henry Clay 4,248 45.810% 0
Totals 9,273 100.0% 2
1832 United States presidential election in Maryland District 3 — Baltimore County (1 Elector)
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren 2,198 75.663% 1
Democratic Andrew Jackson and Philip P. Barbour 707 24.337% 0
National Republican Henry Clay 0 0% 0
Totals 2,905 100.0% 1
1832 United States presidential election in Maryland District 4 — Eastern (3 Electors) Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Worcester counties
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
National Republican Henry Clay 6,454 51.291% 3
Democratic Andrew Jackson (incumbent) 6,129 48.709% 0
Totals 12,583 100.0% 3

Results by county

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Results by county and district[15][n 1]
District County Henry Clay
National Republican
Andrew Jackson
Democratic
Others Clay's
Margin
Total
Votes
# % # % # % # %
1 Allegany 624 43.36% 815 56.64% 191 0 0 13.27% 1439
1 Anne Arundel 904 54.56% 753 45.44% 0 0 151[n 2] 9.11% 1657
2 Baltimore (City) 4248 34.88% 7930 65.12% 0 0 -3682 -30.24% 12178
3 Baltimore (County) 0 0 2198 748[n 3] -2198 2946
1 Calvert 401 60.21% 265 39.79% 0 0 136 20.42% 666
4 Caroline 556 53.98% 474 46.02% 0 0 82 7.96% 1030
4 Cecil 812 42.49% 1099 57.51% 0 0 -287 -15.02% 1911
1 Charles 515 56.04% 404 43.96% 0 0 111 12.08% 919
4 Dorchester 958 59.06% 664 40.94% 0 0 294 18.13% 1622
1 Frederick 2670 14 63 2656
4 Harford 893 44.08% 1133 55.92% 0 0 -240 -11.85% 2026
4 Kent 448 54.50% 374 45.50% 0 0 74 9.00% 896
1 Montgomery 718 79.16% 189 20.84% 0 0 529 58.32% 907
1 Prince George's 641 57.64% 471 42.36% 0 0 170 15.29% 1122
4 Queen Anne's 560 46.51% 644 53.49% 0 0 -84 -6.98% 1204
1 St. Mary's 621 70.89% 255 29.11% 0 0 366 41.78% 876
4 Somerset 719 60.47% 470 39.53% 0 0 249 20.94% 1189
4 Talbot 629 60.25% 415 39.75% 0 0 214 20.50% 1044
1 Washington 1364 41.40% 1931 58.60% 0 0 -567 -17.21% 3295
4 Worcester 879 50.66% 856 49.34% 0 0 23 1.33% 1735
Total 19160 50.01% 19156 49.99% 0 0 4 0.01% 38316

Counties that flipped from National Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to National Republican

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The ballots were plurality block voting, containing the names of the Electors rather than the Candidates; each voter had the same number of votes as electors in the district. The # of votes given is that for the highest; for example, in Frederick County, the four Democratic candidates received between 7 and 14 (listed as 14) and the four National Republicans between 2669 and 2674 (listed as 2674).
  2. ^ The Jacksonites did not stand in Frederick County. Ten unofficial candidates received between 1 and 13 votes each.
  3. ^ Elias Brown, unofficial Jacksonite, 707; Cornelius Howard, unpledged, 41

Sources

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  • Willis, John T. (1984). Presidential elections in Maryland. Mount Airy, Maryland: Lomond Publications. ISBN 978-0-912338-45-3 – via Open Library.

Citations

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  1. ^ Two electors failed to cast their votes for Henry Clay. Otherwise, he would have had 7 electoral votes.
  2. ^ Willis 1984 p. 170
  3. ^ Willis 1984 p. 273
  4. ^ Willis 1984 p. 35
  5. ^ Willis 1984 p. 170
  6. ^ Willis 1984 p. 35
  7. ^ Willis 1984 p. 36
  8. ^ Willis 1984 p. 35
  9. ^ Willis 1984 p. 35
  10. ^ Willis 1984 p. 35
  11. ^ Willis 1984 p. 2
  12. ^ "1832 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  13. ^ Two electors failed to cast their votes to Andrew Jackson. Otherwise, he would have had 5 electoral votes
  14. ^ Williams, Edwin (1834). The Politician's Manual. J. Van Norden. p. 25. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  15. ^ Willis 1984 p. 170

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