While John Floyd of the Nullifier Party and William Wirt of the Anti-Masonic Party won electors in other states, neither was on the ballot in Maryland, thought Wirt was himself a Marylander.[7] In 1832, the Maryland General Assembly favored Clay and gerrymandered the four districts accordingly.[8] By the time Maryland came to vote, results in other states meant the Jackson's victory nationally was assured.[9] Clay won Maryland's popular vote, with a mere five votes more than Jackson in total across all four districts.[10] This margin is the smallest between two major candidates in any state in any presidential election in United States history. This is the only time a Democrat won nationally without carrying the state's popular vote either time[clarification needed]. This was the last time Maryland split its Presidential election into multiple electoral districts, although split Electoral College votes occurred again in 1904 and 1908.[11]
1832 United States presidential election in Maryland District 1 — Western (4 Electors) [14] Allegany, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, and Washington counties</ref>
^The ballots were plurality block voting, containing the names of the Electors rather than the Candidates; each voter had the same number of votes as electors in the district. The # of votes given is that for the highest; for example, in Frederick County, the four Democratic candidates received between 7 and 14 (listed as 14) and the four National Republicans between 2669 and 2674 (listed as 2674).
^The Jacksonites did not stand in Frederick County. Ten unofficial candidates received between 1 and 13 votes each.
^Elias Brown, unofficial Jacksonite, 707; Cornelius Howard, unpledged, 41
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