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.

 Nominations 

 Democratic Party 

 Presidential 

 Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States from Tennessee (1829-1837) (Nominee)

 Vice Presidential 

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

 National Republican Party 

 Presidential 

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

 Vice Presidential 

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

 Nullifer Party 

 Presidential 

 John Floyd, 23rd Governor of Virginia (1830-1834) (Nominee)

 Vice Presidential 

 Henry Lee, political economist, merchant and politician from Massachusetts (Vice presidential nominee) 

 Anti-Masonic Party 

 Presidential 

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

 Vice Presidential 

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

 Notes 

 References 

United States presidential election
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