Lieutenant Governor Nathaniel Pitcher succeeded him but was not a candidate for election to the next term.

This is the first election to feature a winning candidate who eventually became President of the United States.

They nominated former U.S. representative and Judge of the Seventh Circuit Enos T. Throop for Lieutenant Governor.

The National Republican Party nominated Supreme Court Justice Smith Thompson.

Van Buren was sworn into office as governor on January 1, 1829, but quickly resigned from office on March 12, 1829, to serve as United States Secretary of State and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Enos T. Throop.