ABSTRACT
Buren lacked the stature and charisma of Jackson. But in the end, Van Buren rode the momentum of Jackson's popularity to an easy win. He claimed 15 of 26 states, including the key states of New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Among the Whigs, Harrison appeared on the ballot in 15 states, and he won in 7: Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio in the West, plus Vermont, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey in the East; these states brought him 73 electoral votes. White, whose name appeared on the ballot in 10 states, almost all in the South, won 2 states and 21 electoral votes. Webster, appearing on the ballot exclusively in New England, won only his home state of Massachusetts and its 14 electoral votes. As in the election of 1832, South Carolina was defiant, refusing to support the Whigs' southern candidate, White, because he had backed Jackson during the nullification crisis. Instead, the 11 South Carolina electors cast their votes for Senator Willie Mangum of North Carolina.
