See main article: 1832 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1832 United States presidential election in Vermont |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Flag Year: | 1804 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1828 United States presidential election in Vermont |
| Previous Year: | 1828 |
| Next Election: | 1836 United States presidential election in Vermont |
| Next Year: | 1836 |
| Election Date: | November 2 – December 5, 1832 |
| Image1: | Attorney General William Wirt.jpg |
| Nominee1: | William Wirt |
| Party1: | Anti-Masonic Party |
| Home State1: | Maryland |
| Running Mate1: | Amos Ellmaker |
| Electoral Vote1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 13,106 |
| Percentage1: | 40.79% |
| Nominee2: | Henry Clay |
| Party2: | National Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Kentucky |
| Running Mate2: | John Sergeant |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 11,152 |
| Percentage2: | 34.71% |
| Image3: | Andrew jackson head.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Andrew Jackson |
| Party3: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State3: | Tennessee |
| Running Mate3: | Martin Van Buren |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 7,870 |
| Percentage3: | 24.50% |
| Map Size: | 260px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Andrew Jackson |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Andrew Jackson |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1832 United States presidential election in Vermont took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Vermont voted for the Anti-Masonic Party candidate, William Wirt, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, and the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson. Vermont was the only state in the country that Wirt carried in 1832, by a margin of 6.08%. As of 2017, Wirt's performance remains the best-ever by a third-party presidential candidate in any Northeastern state,[1] constitutes the solitary occasion a third-party candidate has carried any New England state, and the only time a person from Maryland has ever won an electoral vote for the presidency from pledged electors. (Spiro Agnew of Maryland would in 1968 and 1972 win the electoral vote for the vice presidency.) [2]
While Vermont was the only state that voted for Wirt, it would only prove to be his second strongest in terms of popular vote percentage, the first being Pennsylvania with 42.04 percentage points. In Pennsylvania, no ticket for Henry Clay was run, allowing Wirt to consolidate the Anti-Jackson vote.[3]
| 1832 United States presidential election in Vermont[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Anti-Masonic | William Wirt | 13,106 | 40.79% | 7 | ||
| width: 3px" | National Republican | Henry Clay | 11,152 | 34.71% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Andrew Jackson (incumbent) | 7,870 | 24.50% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 32,128 | 100.0% | 7 | |||