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The 1840 United States presidential election in Illinois took place between October 30 and December 2, 1840, as part of the 1840 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President .
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Illinois, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1818, Illinois has participated in every U.S. presidential election. From 1896 to 1996, Illinois was a bellwether state, voting for the winner of the presidential election 24 of 26 times, the exceptions being 1916 and 1976.
The 1840 presidential election was the only time in which four people who either had been or would become a U.S. President (Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, and Polk) received at least one vote in the Electoral College when it voted for president and vice-president.
Presidential election; Partisan control: Whig gain: Popular vote margin: Whig +6.1%: Electoral vote: William Henry Harrison (W) 234: Martin Van Buren (D) 60: 1840 presidential election results. Blue denotes states won by Van Buren, buff denotes states won by Harrison. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections ...
Among other firsts, Harrison's victory was the first time the Whig Party won a presidential election. A month after taking office, Harrison died and his running mate John Tyler served the remainder of his term, but broke from the Whig agenda, and was expelled from the party. Harrison was born into wealth in 1773.
Today, voters will cast their ballots for national, statewide and local candidates running in the Illinois primary election. Illinois primary elections updates: Here's who won in Peoria and ...
Van Buren is the only major party presidential nominee since the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment to seek election without a running mate. Dragged down by the unpopularity of the Panic of 1837, Van Buren was defeated by the Whig Party's ticket in the 1840 presidential election. [1]
Illinois voters cast their ballots for president Tuesday, a week after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump secured enough delegate support to become their parties’ presumptive ...