1840 United States presidential election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1840_United_States_presidential_election
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1840-12-02
1840-10-30
gptkbp:DemocraticElectoralVotes 60
gptkbp:DemocraticNominee gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkbp:DemocraticPopularVote 1,130,033
gptkbp:electoralVoteLoser gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkbp:electoralVoteWinner gptkb:William_Henry_Harrison
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1840 United States presidential election
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkbp:mapType Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Harrison, red denotes states won by Van Buren.
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1844_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:notableEvent Panic of 1837 influenced the election
first time an incumbent president was defeated for re-election
gptkbp:notableFor first modern campaign
highest voter turnout at the time
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:popularVoteLoser gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:William_Henry_Harrison
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1836_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:runningMateOf none
gptkbp:slogan gptkb:Tippecanoe_and_Tyler_Too
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries 26
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:John_Tyler
gptkbp:voterTurnout 80.2%
gptkbp:votesForWinner gptkb:William_Henry_Harrison
294
gptkbp:WhigElectoralVotes 234
gptkbp:WhigNominee gptkb:William_Henry_Harrison
gptkbp:WhigPopularVote 1,275,390
gptkbp:WhigRunningMate gptkb:John_Tyler
gptkbp:winner gptkb:William_Henry_Harrison
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Liberty_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5