1832 United States presidential election

The **1832 United States presidential election** was the 12th election in the history of the United States. It occurred from November 2 to December 5, 1832. This election was a four way race between the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Andrew Jackson of Tennessee, the National Republican nominee, Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky, the Nullifer Party nominee, Governor John Floyd of Virginia and the Anti-Masonic Party nominee, former Attorney General William Wirt of Maryland. Jackson won the election with 219 electoral votes, while Clay got only 49 electoral votes, Floyd got only 11 electoral votes and Wirt got only 7 electoral votes.

This election was also the second rematch in U.S. history, the first being John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1800. Jackson would also be the last President until Abraham Lincoln in 1864 to win re-election.

#### Presidential

- Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States from Tennessee <small>(1829-1837) _(Nominee)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

- Martin Van Buren, 8th U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom from New York <small>(1831-1832) _(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>
- Philip P. Barbour, fprmer U.S. representative from Virginia <small>(1814-1825, 1827-1830)</small>
- Richard Mentor Johnson, U.S. representative from Kentucky <small>(1807-1819, 1829-1837) _(1836 VP Nominee) (Becomes VPOTUS in 1837)_</small>

#### Presidential

- Henry Clay, U.S. senator from Kentucky <small>(1806-1807, 1810-1811, 1831-1842)</small> and 7th Speaker of the House <small>(1811–1814, 1815–1820, 1823–1825) _(Nominee) (1824 Democratic-Republican Nominee)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

- John Sargent, former U.S. representative from Pennsylvania <small>(1815-1823, 1828-1829) _(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>

#### Presidential

- John Floyd, 23rd Governor of Virginia <small>(1830-1834) _(Nominee)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

- Henry Lee, political economist, merchant and politician from Massachusetts <small>_(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>

#### Presidential

- William Wirt,  9th Attorney General of the United States <small>(1817-1829) _(Nominee)_</small>
- Richard Rush, 8th Secretary of the Treasury <small>(1825-1829) _(1828 National Republican Vice Presidential Nominee)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

- Amos Ellmaker, Attorney General of Pennsylvania <small>(1816-1819, 1828-1829) _(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>
- John C. Spencer, state senator from New York <small>(1825-1828)</small>

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1832 United States presidential election
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous year**: 1828
- **previous election**: 1828 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1836
- **next election**: 1836 United States presidential election
- **votes for election**: 288 members of the Electoral College (United States), Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 145 electoral
- **turnout**: 57.0%  0.3 percentage point, pp
- **nominee1**: **Andrew Jackson**
- **party1**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **home state1**: Tennessee
- **running mate1**: **Martin Van Buren**
- **electoral vote1**: **219**
- **states carried1**: **16**
- **popular vote1**: **701,780**
- **percentage1**: **54.2%**
- **nominee2**: Henry Clay
- **party2**: National Republican Party
- **home state2**: Kentucky
- **running mate2**: John Sergeant
- **electoral vote2**: 49
- **popular vote2**: 484,205
- **percentage2**: 37.4%
- **states carried2**: 6
- **popular vote4**: _N/A_
- **popular vote5**: 100,715
- **nominee4**: John Floyd (Virginia politician), John Floyd
- **nominee5**: William Wirt (Attorney General), William Wirt
- **party4**: Nullifier Party
- **party5**: Anti-Masonic Party
- **home state4**: Virginia
- **home state5**: Maryland
- **electoral vote5**: 7
- **electoral vote4**: 11
- **states carried4**: 1
- **states carried5**: 1
- **percentage5**: 7.8%
- **percentage4**: _N/A_
- **flag year**: 1822
- **country**: United States
- **election date**: –
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:blue;">Blue</span> denotes states won by Jackson and Van Buren or Wilkins, <span style="color:#F5E6B1;">Astra</span> denotes those won by Clay/Sergeant, <span style="color:#6FC4BE;">Turquoise</span> denotes those won by Floyd/Lee, and <span style="color:#DAC23B;">Gold</span> denotes those won by Wirt/Ellmaker. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. Two votes were not given in Maryland.
- **before election**: Andrew Jackson
- **before party**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **title**: President
- **after party**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **after election**: Andrew Jackson
- **map image**: File:ElectoralCollege1832.svg
- **running mate4**: Henry Lee
- **running mate5**: Amos Ellmaker