Presidential election · 1840
1840 electoral map
William Henry Harrison (Whig) won the 1840 presidential election with 234 electoral votes to Martin Van Buren's 60. Harrison carried 19 of the 26 states that took part.
Winner
William Henry Harrison
234
Democratic
Martin Van Buren
60
148 needed to win · official Electoral College count
DemocraticWhigNot a state yet / did not vote
States won in 1840
Martin Van Buren· Democratic
7 statesElectoral College in 1840
26 states held 294 electoral votes in 1840; a majority was 148. The largest prize was New York with 42 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1840 election article.