JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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offering Martin Van Buren as its candidate
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attempting to throw the election to the House of Representatives
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attracting the votes of the Irish and Italians
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proposing the establishment of an independent treasury
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Whig strategy was to win the election by avoiding discussion of difficult national issues such as slavery or the national bank.
Detailed explanation-2: -Letter, William Henry Harrison, accepting the Whig Party nomination as candidate for U.S. presidency, February 20, 1836.
Detailed explanation-3: -Other prominent Whigs include William Seward of New York, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania and publisher Horace Greeley.
Detailed explanation-4: -Economic recovery from the Panic of 1837 was incomplete, and Whig nominee William Henry Harrison defeated incumbent President Martin Van Buren of the Democratic Party. The election marked the first of two Whig victories in presidential elections.