Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
0700635742
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9780700635740
Series Statement:
American presidential elections
Content:
"The question Americans asked in 1844 was, "Who the hell is James K. Polk?" Polk, of course, was not unknown, but he was a highly unlikely presidential candidate given the availability of better-known options. Among the Democrats, this included Martin Van Buren, John C. Calhoun, and James Buchanan. Among the Whigs, Daniel Webster was a possibility before they settled on Henry Clay. Complicating the election were three other candidates, including President John Tyler, a man without a party after the Whigs expelled him, and Joseph Smith, the self-described prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who became the first assassinated presidential candidate. On top of this remarkable cast of characters, the stakes of the election were high, as the United States was undergoing a political transition. Mark Cheathem, project director of the Papers of Martin Van Buren, has written the definitive account of this important election, another entry in the esteemed American Presidential Elections series"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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"A political Saturnalia" : Party Politics, 1824-1840 -- "Oll for Klay" : Henry Clay and the Whigs -- Anyone but Van Buren : The Crowded Democratic Field -- "In the Hands of the Slave Power" : The Campaigns of James G. Birney, Joseph Smith, and John Tyler -- More Than Texas : The 1844 Campaign -- "The Republic Is Safe" : Understanding Polk's Victory.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780700635733
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cheathem, Mark Renfred Who is James K. Polk? Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2024 ISBN 9780700635733
Language:
English
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