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{{Short description|Election in Massachusetts}}
{{Main|United States presidential election, 1840}}▼
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox Election▼
{{Main|1840 election_name = [[United States presidential election]] in Massachusetts, 1840}}
▲{{Infobox Electionelection
| election_name = 1840 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
| country = Massachusetts
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1836 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1836
| previous_year = 1836
| next_election = 1844 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1844
| next_year = 1844
| turnout = 66.7%<ref>''Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970'', part 2, p. 1072.</ref> {{increase}} 23.3 [[percentage point|pp]]
| election_date = October 30 - December 2, 1840
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = [[File:William Henry Harrison by James Reid Lambdin, 1835-crop.jpg|150x150px]]
| nominee1 = '''[[William Henry Harrison]]'''
| party1 = Whig Party (United States)
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| electoral_vote1 = '''14'''
| popular_vote1 = '''72,852'''
| percentage1 = '''57.44%'''
| image2 = [[Image:MartinVanBurenMartin Van Buren circa 1837 crop.png|155px]]jpg
| nominee2 = [[Martin Van Buren]]
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
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| running_mate2 = ''none''
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 52,355
| percentage2 = 41.28%
| title = President
| before_election = [[Martin Van Buren]]
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| after_party = Whig Party (United States)
| after_color = FF3333
| map_image = Massachusetts Presidential Election Results 1840.svg
}} ▼
| map_size = 401px
 
| map_caption = County Results
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'''Harrison'''
{{legend|#FEE391|40-50%}}
{{legend|#FED463|50-60%}}
{{legend|#FE9929|60-70%}}
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'''Van Buren'''
{{legend|#B9D7FF|40-50%}}
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▲}}
 
{{Elections in Massachusetts sidebar}}
{{ElectionsMA}}
The '''1840 United States presidential election in Massachusetts''' took place between October 30 and December 2, 1840, as part of the [[United States presidential election, 1840|1840 United States presidential election]]. Voters chose fourteen14 representatives, or electors to the [[United States Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]], who voted for [[President of the United States|President]] and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]].
 
'''[[Massachusetts]]''' voted for the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] candidate, [[William Henry Harrison]], over [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate [[Martin Van Buren]]. Harrison won Massachusetts by a margin of 16.16%.
 
==Results==
{{Election box runningmate begin | title=1840 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1840<ref name=results>{{cite web|title=1840 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1840&f=1&off=0&elect=0&fips=25&submit=Retrieve|publisher=U.S. Election Atlas|accessdateaccess-date=23 December 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Whig Party (United States)
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|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = [[Martin Van Buren]]
|homestate = [[New York (state)|New York]]
|vp_name = [[Richard Mentor Johnson|Richard M. Johnson]]
|vp_state = [[Kentucky]]
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}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Liberty Party (1840sUS, 1840)
|candidate = [[James G. Birney]]
|homestate = [[New York (state)|New York]]
|vp_name = [[Thomas Earle (American politician)|Thomas Earle]]
|vp_state = [[Pennsylvania]]
|votes = 1,618
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}}
{{Election box end}}
 
==See also==
▲{{Main|* [[United States presidential election,elections in 1840}}Massachusetts]]
 
==References==
{{reflistReflist}}
 
{{State Results of the 1840 U.S. presidential election}}
{{Federal elections in massachusetts footer}}
{{United States elections}}
 
[[Category:1840 United States presidential election, 1840by state|Massachusetts]]
[[Category:United States presidential elections in Massachusetts|1840]]
[[Category:1840 Massachusetts elections]]
 
 
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