The electoral victory of John Bell and the constitutional Union
... The presidential election of 1860 is one of the most studied in United States history. Four candidates contested the presidential race that saw the Democratic Party split in two and the Republican Party gain the presidency without a single southern electoral vote. The election precipitated the Civil ...
... The presidential election of 1860 is one of the most studied in United States history. Four candidates contested the presidential race that saw the Democratic Party split in two and the Republican Party gain the presidency without a single southern electoral vote. The election precipitated the Civil ...
Report No. 80-169 GOV BRIEF HISTORIES OF
... of Maryland for the presidency and Amos Ellmaker of Pennsylvania for the vice presidency. The political effect of the entrance, for the first time, of a third party into a United States presidential election was to draw support from Henry Clay and to help President Andrew Jackson (who was a Mason) w ...
... of Maryland for the presidency and Amos Ellmaker of Pennsylvania for the vice presidency. The political effect of the entrance, for the first time, of a third party into a United States presidential election was to draw support from Henry Clay and to help President Andrew Jackson (who was a Mason) w ...
The Wilmot proviso - IDEALS @ Illinois
... regarding annexation and the Southern element headed by Polk lost no time, with the aid of the Northwest Democrats, in carrying out that ...
... regarding annexation and the Southern element headed by Polk lost no time, with the aid of the Northwest Democrats, in carrying out that ...
American Political Parties in History
... The Free-Soil party was organized in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories newly acquired by the United States from Mexico. Among its leaders was Salmon P. Chase. The Free-Soil forces, chose former president Martin Van Buren as their presidential candidate in 1848. Although th ...
... The Free-Soil party was organized in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories newly acquired by the United States from Mexico. Among its leaders was Salmon P. Chase. The Free-Soil forces, chose former president Martin Van Buren as their presidential candidate in 1848. Although th ...
Jackson`s War Against the Bank The Whigs in Power
... Daniel Webster and Henry Clay had believed they could control Harrison and run the country behind the scenes. Harrison's death ruined that plan. President Tyler vetoed several bills sponsored by Whigs in Congress. His lack of party loyalty outraged many Whigs. When he twice vetoed a bill to renew th ...
... Daniel Webster and Henry Clay had believed they could control Harrison and run the country behind the scenes. Harrison's death ruined that plan. President Tyler vetoed several bills sponsored by Whigs in Congress. His lack of party loyalty outraged many Whigs. When he twice vetoed a bill to renew th ...
Jackson`s War Against the Bank
... Party leaders Daniel Webster and Henry Clay had believed they could control Harrison and run the country behind the scenes. Harrison's death ruined that plan. President Tyler vetoed several bills sponsored by Whigs in Congress. His lack of party loyalty outraged many Whigs. When he twice vetoed a bi ...
... Party leaders Daniel Webster and Henry Clay had believed they could control Harrison and run the country behind the scenes. Harrison's death ruined that plan. President Tyler vetoed several bills sponsored by Whigs in Congress. His lack of party loyalty outraged many Whigs. When he twice vetoed a bi ...
The Election of 1860 - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... seriously. The general sentiment was that there were two scenarios in which the Constitutional Union ticket could be influential in the election—fusion with another party or taking enough electoral votes to deny any other candidate a majority of electoral votes. In the second scenario the House woul ...
... seriously. The general sentiment was that there were two scenarios in which the Constitutional Union ticket could be influential in the election—fusion with another party or taking enough electoral votes to deny any other candidate a majority of electoral votes. In the second scenario the House woul ...
chapter_13_mtb.6890324
... The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856,[2] the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. In particular, ...
... The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856,[2] the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. In particular, ...
Hota Chapter 13
... The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856,[2] the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. In particular, ...
... The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856,[2] the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. In particular, ...
Political Realignment - Sonoma State University
... We can see the effects of this in the Electoral Map [MAP#2]. [Read it with them.] Buchanan won the election, winning states in all parts of the nation—North, South, and West. He still belonged to a party with national support. But Fremont got votes primarily in the Northeast, while Fillmore got vot ...
... We can see the effects of this in the Electoral Map [MAP#2]. [Read it with them.] Buchanan won the election, winning states in all parts of the nation—North, South, and West. He still belonged to a party with national support. But Fremont got votes primarily in the Northeast, while Fillmore got vot ...
Ty`s review guide (Out of Many Charts)
... Whig Party. Southern Democrats choose expansionist James K. Polk as their presidential candidate, passing over Martin Ban Buren, who is against expansion. 1846: The Wilmot Proviso, proposing to ban slavery in the territories that might be gained in the Mexican-American War, splits both parties: sout ...
... Whig Party. Southern Democrats choose expansionist James K. Polk as their presidential candidate, passing over Martin Ban Buren, who is against expansion. 1846: The Wilmot Proviso, proposing to ban slavery in the territories that might be gained in the Mexican-American War, splits both parties: sout ...
Ch 12-13 Practice Test.ef
... C) Congress used the provisions of the Force Bill. D) Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833. E) South Carolina took over the collection of tariffs. ...
... C) Congress used the provisions of the Force Bill. D) Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833. E) South Carolina took over the collection of tariffs. ...
United States presidential election, 1852
The United States presidential election of 1852 was the 17th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1852. It bore important similarities to the election of 1844. Once again, the incumbent president was a Whig who had succeeded to the presidency upon the death of his war-hero predecessor. In this case, it was Millard Fillmore who followed General Zachary Taylor. The Whig party passed over the incumbent for nomination—casting aside Fillmore in favor of General Winfield Scott. The Democrats nominated a ""dark horse"" candidate, this time Franklin Pierce. The Whigs again campaigned on the obscurity of the Democratic candidate, and again, the strategy failed.Pierce and his running mate William R. King went on to win what was at the time one of the nation's largest electoral victories, trouncing Scott and his vice-presidential nominee, William Alexander Graham of North Carolina, 254 electoral votes to 42. After the 1852 election, the Whig Party quickly collapsed, and the members of the declining party failed to nominate a candidate for the next presidential race due to the uproar over the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It was soon replaced as the Democratic Party's primary opposition by the new Republican Party. In spite of the appearance of Democratic triumph, no presidential candidate from the Democratic party would again win both a majority of the popular and electoral vote until 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt won a larger majority against Republican Herbert Hoover. This is the last presidential election in which the Whig Party participated. In 1854, the Whig Party effectively collapsed as a national political force, largely because of tensions over slavery.