The Election of 1840 and the Harrison/Tyler Administrations,9781590843543

The Election of 1840 and the Harrison/Tyler Administrations

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ISBN13: 9781590843543
ISBN10: 1590843541
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-02-01
Publisher(s): Mason Crest
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Summary

Scholars have called the Whig Party's 1840 Log Cabin campaign "a landmark in the carnivalization of American elective politics." The Whigs, under the leadership of Thurlow Weed, Thaddeus Stevens, and Thomas Corwin, created a national campaign organization to compete with the well-established Democrats. Whig candidate William Henry Harrison, a hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe and a prosperous landowner, was presented to the voters as a common man of the people, who had lived in a log cabin. In The Election of 1840 and the Harrison/Tyler Administrations, Princeton University professor Sean Wilentz discusses the events of this important campaign and its impact on American political history. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6(11)
Arthur M. Schlesinger jr.
The Election of 1840
17(21)
Sean Wilentz
Facts at a Glance
38(2)
William Henry Harrison
Facts at a Glance
40(5)
John Tyler
Harrison's Inaugural Address
45(16)
John Tyler Becomes President
61(8)
On the Rhode Island Crisis
69(4)
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty
73(12)
Emigration Treaty with Hesse
85(4)
Excerpt from Fourth Annual Message
89(8)
On the Annexation of Texas
97(4)
Tyler's Veto of the Revenue Cutters and Steamers Bill
101(3)
Further Reading 104(2)
Index 106

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