The delegates unanimously voted to nominate William Henry Harrison for president (who the party had supported for president the previous election along with Francis Granger for vice president) and Daniel Webster for vice president. By this time, the party had been almost entirely supplanted by the Whigs. The third Anti-Masonic Party National Convention was held in Philadelphia on November 13–14, 1838. Remaining leaders met in September 1837 in Washington, and agreed to maintain the party. Many leaders began to move to the Whig party.

Anti-Masonic Party nomination Īfter the negative views of Freemasonry among a large segment of the public began to wane in the mid 1830s, the Anti-Masonic Party disintegrated. However, the vice-presidential nomination was left vacant due to opposition to Vice President Richard M.

Ī committee was formed to make recommendations for the nominations and the committee supported Van Buren for renomination which was approved by acclamation. Delegates from twenty-two states attended the convention, but the sizes of the delegations varied with New Jersey having fifty-nine delegates to cast its eight votes while Massachusetts only had one delegate to cast its fourteen votes. Nominations Whig Party nomination ĭemocratic members of the New Hampshire General Court made a call for the 1840 Democratic National Convention which was held in Baltimore, Maryland in May 1840. As President, Tyler blocked the Whigs' legislative agenda and was expelled from the Whig Party, subsequently the second independent (after Washington) to serve as president. While Tyler had been a staunch supporter of Clay at the convention, he was a former Democrat, a passionate supporter of states' rights, and effectively an independent. Harrison was succeeded by John Tyler, who unexpectedly proved not to be a Whig. president elected until Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election, died a little more than a month after inauguration. The 67-year-old Harrison, the oldest U.S. The Whigs did not enjoy the benefits of victory. Van Buren's loss made him the third president to lose re-election. Voter participation surged as white male suffrage became nearly universal, and a contemporary record of 42.4% of the voting age population voted for Harrison. Referencing vice presidential nominee John Tyler and Harrison's participation in the Battle of Tippecanoe, the Whigs campaigned on the slogan of ' Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.' With Van Buren weakened by economic woes, Harrison won a popular majority and 234 of 294 electoral votes. The Democrats thus became the only major party since 1800 to fail to select a vice presidential nominee. Van Buren faced little opposition at the 1840 Democratic National Convention, but controversial Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson was not re-nominated. The 1839 Whig National Convention saw 1836 nominee William Henry Harrison defeat former Secretary of State Henry Clay and General Winfield Scott. In 1839, the Whigs held a national convention for the first time. This was the third rematch in American history, which would not occur again until 1892. The election marked the first of two Whig victories in presidential elections, but was the only one where they won a majority of the popular vote. 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 1840 United States presidential election was the 14th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 30 to Wednesday, December 2, 1840. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes cast by each state. Buff denotes states won by Harrison/Tyler and blue by Van Buren.

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