Election+of+1836

Election __#|date__ was November 3 through December 7, 1836
 * Martin Van Buren #|won, he was a democrat.
 * Andrew Jackson was in the white house before Van Buren

Conventions of the 1836 Election
CANDIDATES Overall Winner: Martin Van Buren- Democrat from New York, Running Mate: Richard Johnson, William Smith
 * Nominee: William Henry Harrison- Member of West Whig Party from Ohio, Running Mate: Francis P. Granger, John Tyler
 * Nominee: Hugh Lawson White- Member of South Whig Party from Tennessee, Running Mate: John Tyler
 * Nominee: Daniel Webster- Member of New England Whig Party from Massachusetts, Running Mate: Francis P. Granger
 * Nominee: Willie Parson Mangum- Member of the South Carolina Whig Party from North Carolina, Running Mate: John Tyler

**Some Issues during the election ( Major Issues are bolded)**

 * **The bus**
 * **Slavery/ States Rights** ( The whigs tried to say Van Buren would get rid of slavery they believed this because his running mate openly lived with a mixed women and had to kids by her )
 * **Sectional Diffrences**
 * Some believed Van Buren was being lead by Jackson some made comments saying "Bastard Politician smuggled into office beneath the tails of the old generals military coat ."
 * Whigs where not well put together

The Conventions

 * Whigs didn't have a convention probably because they sent in so many diffrent candidates instead they picked people at legislative caucuses, regional meetings and state conventions.
 * Democrates had the convention a year in a half earlier to so there was no oppenint to Jacksons succesor. Alabama, South carolina and illinois didnt __#|participate__ in convention. They held there convention on May 20- 22 1835 at a church in baltimore.

Controversey Over The Candidates

 * Van Burens Running mate Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson lived openly with a mulatto women and two kids with her this gave Whigs ammunication they said that he would probably work to end slavery.

**Platform**

 * Democrates had no platform
 * Democrates would __#|continue__ with Jackson's way
 * Democrates Would keep slavery the same
 * Whigs had no platform there plan was to split the vote to take it to the House



The election of 1836 was the first time that Andrew Jackson hadn't run in 16 years. In his place was his hand-picked successor Martin Van Buren. Martin Van Buren won by a unanimous vote and became President of the United States. He had similar, but controversial ideas like Andrew Jackson, including hints of anti-slavery beliefs. Also, the Whig Party had four different candidates (one dropped out early) that all criticized each other's region. Because of the internal issues in the Whig Party, it was easy for Martin Van Buren to win by a landslide. The election of 1836 was so significant because it represented a change for the United States; a change that was present from the start but far from being complete.
 * ASSESSMENT OF ELECTION**

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