Whig Party (United States) - Candidates

Candidates

Election year Result Nominees
President Vice President
1836 Lost Senator Daniel Webster Congressman Francis Granger
Lost Former Senator William Henry Harrison
Lost Senator John Tyler
Lost Senator Willie Person Manguma
Lost Senator Hugh Lawson White
1840 Won Former Senator William Henry Harrisonb
1844 Lost Former Senator Henry Clay Former Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen
1848 Won General Zachary Taylor b New York State Comptroller Millard Fillmore
1852 Lost General Winfield Scott Navy Secretary William Alexander Graham
1856 Lost Former President Millard Fillmorec Former Ambassador Andrew Jackson Donelsonc
1860 Lost Former Senator John Belld Former Senator Edward Everettd
  • ^ a: Although Mangum himself was a Whig, his electoral votes came from Nullificationists in South Carolina.
  • ^ b: Died in office.
  • ^ c: Fillmore and Donelson were also candidates on the American Party ticket.
  • ^ d: Bell and Everett were also candidates on the Constitutional Union ticket.

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