Who did Martin van Buren lose to in the election of 1840?

Answer 1

There were four other candidates in the election of 1836 that Martin Van Buren defeated. He defeated Whig candidates William Henry Harrison, Hugh L. White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum.

Answer 2

In the 1836 U.S. presidential election, Martin Van Buren, the Democratic Party nominee, defeated William Henry Harrison, the Whig Party nominee. Four years later, the same two candidates were nominated, and William Henry Harrison defeated Martin Van Buren.

Answer 3

In 1836, the opposition to Van Buren was disorganized and decided to run different candidates in different parts of country in hopes that no one would get a majority and the House would decide the election from the top three candidates. The opposition candidates who called themselves Whigs, were William Henry Harrison, Daniel Webster, Hugh Lawson White and William Person Mangum. The all carried at least one state, but Van Buren still received a substantial majority of the electoral vote.

Answer 4

William Henry Harrison defeated Martin Van Buren when he ran for re-election in 1840. Harrison died 1 month later so John Tyler took over the Presidency for the next 4 years.

Answer 5

William Henry Harrison! =]