MARYLAND ELECTION RETURNS
Harrison and Tyler 25,852
Van Buren and Johnson 22,267
Harrison and Tyler 53.7%
Van Buren and Johnson 46.3%
Harrison and Tyler 10 electoral
Van Buren and Johnson
NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS
Van Buren and Johnson 764,176
Harrison and Tyler 550,816
Van Buren and Johnson 50.8%
Harrison and Tyler 36.7%
Van Buren and Johnson 170 electoral
Harrison and Tyler 73
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MISCELLANIA
Van Buren, nicknamed, "The Fox of Kinder-
hook" established improvements in labor
conditions, reducing the federal employees'
hours to ten. He is credited with the ability
to rise above politics to statesmanship when
crises so demanded. Defeated for re-election,
he was again nominated in 1848 by the Free
Soil Party but did not win a single electoral
vote.
No vice presidential candidate received a
majority of electoral votes; the Senate se-
lected Johnson the Vice President under the
provisions of the 12th Amendment - the
only time in history.
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MEETING-Wednesday, December 2, 1840
(10 Electoral Votes)
PARTICIPATING POLITICAL
PARTIES IN MARYLAND
Whig (W)
Democratic (D)
VICTORS IN MARYLAND
President & Vice President
William Henry Harrison (W) and
John Tyler-10 electoral votes
ELECTORS
David Hoffman-Baltimore City
John Leeds Kerr-Talbot County
Theodore R. Lookerman-Talbot County
George Howard-Anne Arundel County
John P. Kennedy-Baltimore City
Richard J. Bowie-Montgomery County
James M. Coale-Frederick County
William T. Wooton-
Prince George's County
Jacob A. Preston-Harford County
Thomas A. Spence-Worcester County
OPPOSING CANDIDATES
President & Vice President
Martin Van Buren (D) and
Richard M. Johnson
GOVERNOR
William Grason (D)
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Secretary of State
James Murray
This office created in 1838 by constitutional
amendment.
MARYLAND ELECTION RETURNS
Harrison and Tyler 33,528
Van Buren and Johnson 28,752
Harrison and Tyler 53.8 %
Van Buren and Johnson 46.2 %
Harrison and Tyler 10 electoral
Van Buren and Johnson
NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS
Harrison and Tyler 1,275,390
Van Buren and Johnson 1,128,854
Harrison and Tyler 52.9 %
Van Buren and Johnson 46.8%
Harrison and Tyler 234 electoral
Van Buren and Johnson 60
MISCELLANIA
It was at this Electoral College that a recom-
mendation was made to record and preserve
the minutes of Maryland's Presidential Elec-
tors meetings. For the first time, a Secretary
of State presided with the Governor of
Maryland.
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