A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 1836, as part of the 1836 United States presidential election. 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. Van Buren defeated Harrison in the national election with 170 electoral votes.

General election Summary 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. This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket, to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.

Results + 1836 United States presidential election in Indiana 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

Results by county 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 County William Henry HarrisonWhig Martin Van BurenDemocratic Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Adams 68 28 40 96 Allen 354 266 88 620 Bartholomew 608 412 196 1,020 Boone 464 421 43 885 Carroll 375 565 -190 940 Cass 513 286 227 799 Clark 893 978 -85 1,871 Clay 153 251 -98 404 Clinton 331 427 -96 758 Crawford 196 166 30 362 Daviess 438 253 185 691 Dearborn 1,203 1,282 -79 2,485 Decatur 950 513 437 1,463 Delaware 369 307 62 676 Dubois 165 127 38 292 Elkhart 354 305 49 659 Fayette 965 545 420 1,510 Floyd 574 999 -425 1,573 Fountain 697 948 -251 1,645 Franklin 963 875 88 1,838 Fulton 55 39 16 94 Gibson 496 425 71 921 Grant 238 130 108 368 Greene 366 330 36 696 Hamilton 569 262 307 831 Hancock 366 293 73 659 Harrison 747 456 291 1,203 Hendricks 731 390 341 1,121 Henry 1,304 712 592 2,016 Huntington 52 67 -15 119 Jackson 439 307 132 746 Jefferson 1,172 679 493 1,851 Jennings 626 292 334 918 Johnson 438 559 -121 997 Knox 736 437 299 1,173 Kosciusko 160 149 11 309 LaGrange 138 150 -12 288 LaPorte 490 452 38 942 Lawrence 670 815 -145 1,485 Madison 487 367 120 854 Marion 1,409 1,043 366 2,452 Marshall 94 42 52 136 Martin 142 197 -55 339 Miami 133 80 53 213 Monroe 424 604 180 1,028 Montgomery 1,066 752 314 1,818 Morgan 666 543 123 1,209 Noble 46 80 -34 126 Orange 483 564 -81 1,047 Owen 427 286 141 713 Parke 828 534 294 1,362 Perry 392 114 278 506 Pike 226 218 8 444 Porter 87 69 18 156 Posey 330 751 -421 1,081 Putnam 1,067 694 373 1,761 Randolph 633 234 399 867 Ripley 663 453 210 1,116 Rush 1,167 749 418 1,916 St. Joseph 480 255 225 735 Scott 294 267 27 561 Shelby 688 675 13 1,363 Spencer 171 179 -8 350 Sullivan 203 558 -355 761 Switzerland 630 519 111 1,149 Tippecanoe 1,244 1,041 203 2,285 Union 700 568 132 1,368 Vanderburgh 269 130 139 399 Vermillion 574 433 131 1,007 Vigo 963 287 676 1,250 Wabash 122 47 75 169 Warren 541 329 212 870 Warrick 157 380 -223 537 Washington 656 947 -291 1,603 Wayne 2,285 985 1,300 3,270 White 109 106 3 215 TOTAL 41,282 32,978 8,304 74,260

Results by congressional district

+ 1836 United States presidential election in Indiana by congressional district District Harrison Van Buren Representative Ratliff Boon John Wesley Davis (24th Congress) John Ewing (25th Congress) John Carr (24th Congress) William Graham (25th Congress) Amos Lane (24th Congress) George H. Dunn (25th Congress) Jonathan McCarty (24th Congress) James Rariden (25th Congress) George L. Kinnard (24th Congress) William Herod (25th Congress) Edward A. Hannegan (24th Congress) Albert White (25th Congress)

See also United States presidential elections in Indiana

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