Whig Party candidate William Henry Harrison won the 1840 presidential election defeating Democratic Party incumbent President Martin Van Buren. John Tyler was William Henry Harrison's vice president running mate. In the 1840 presidential election there was a total of 294 electoral votes thereby requiring a majority of 148 votes to win the presidential election. William Henry Harrison and John Tyler received 234 electoral votes. Martin Van Buren and his vice president running mate received 60 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Harrison/Tyler 1,275,390 and Van Buren 1,128,854. Tyler ascended to the presidency after Harrison's death in April 1841.
William Henry Harrison was the presidential candidate with Tyler as his running mate in 1840. They won 53 % of the popular and won 234 to 60 in electoral votes, carrying 19 states and losing 7.
John Tyler was never a candidate in a U.S. presidential election.
John Adams won the election of 1828
James K. Polk replaced Tyler in 1845. (The election was in 1844).
Alabama results are that John McCain won Alabama.
His term of office expired and he was nominated for re-election.
William H. Harrison and John Tyler
The men who never won a presidential election are: you me billions of others The U.S. Presidents who never won a U.S. presidential election are: John Tyler Millard Fillmore Andrew Johnson Chester A. Arthur Gerald R. Ford
The main issue in the 1844 election was the annexation of Texas. John Tyler had hoped that this would help him to gain popular support.
William Henry Harrison and his running mate, John Tyler, were the Whig candidates in 1840.
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Whig Party candidate William Henry Harrison won the 1840 presidential election defeating Democratic Party incumbent President Martin Van Buren. In the 1840 presidential election there was a total of 294 electoral votes thereby requiring a majority of 148 votes to win the presidential election. William Henry Harrison received 234 electoral votes and Martin Van Buren received 60 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Harrison 1,275,390 and Van Buren 1,128,854. John Tyler was William Henry Harrison's vice president running mate. Tyler ascended to the presidency after Harrison's death in April 1841
Tyler was the vice president when William Henry Harrison died in office and that is why Tyler became President. In those days, a vacancy in the office of vice president was not filled until the next presidential election.