Martin Van Buren accepts nomination...
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June 13, 1835
NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, June 13, 1835
* Martin Van Buren nominated for president
Page 2 has:
* Letter To Mr. Van Buren, Announcing His Nomination
being the letter from the president of the convention at Baltimore, plus: "Mr. Van Buren's Reply Accepting The Nomination" being the text of his letter accepting the nomination, signed in type: M. Van Buren.
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wikipedia notes: It took Van Buren and his partisan friends a decade and a half to form the Democratic Party; many elements, such as the national convention, were borrowed from other parties.
In the election of 1832, the Jackson-Van Buren ticket won by a landslide. When the election of 1836 came up, Jackson was determined to make Van Buren, his personal choice, president in order to continue his legacy. Martin Van Buren's only competitors in the 1836 election were the Whigs, who ran several regional candidates in hopes of sending the election to the House of Representatives, where each state delegation would have one vote. William Henry Harrison hoped to receive the support of the Western voters, Daniel Webster had strength in New England, and Hugh Lawson White had support in the South. Van Buren was unanimously nominated by the 1835 Democratic National Convention at Baltimore. He expressed himself plainly on the questions of slavery and the bank at the same time voting, perhaps with a touch of bravado, for a bill offered in 1836 to subject abolition literature in the mails to the laws of the several states. Van Buren's presidential victory represented a broader victory for Jackson and the party. Van Buren entered the White House as a fifty-five year old widower with four sons.
* Martin Van Buren nominated for president
Page 2 has:
* Letter To Mr. Van Buren, Announcing His Nomination
being the letter from the president of the convention at Baltimore, plus: "Mr. Van Buren's Reply Accepting The Nomination" being the text of his letter accepting the nomination, signed in type: M. Van Buren.
Other news of the day with many advertisements. 4 pages in good condition.
wikipedia notes: It took Van Buren and his partisan friends a decade and a half to form the Democratic Party; many elements, such as the national convention, were borrowed from other parties.
In the election of 1832, the Jackson-Van Buren ticket won by a landslide. When the election of 1836 came up, Jackson was determined to make Van Buren, his personal choice, president in order to continue his legacy. Martin Van Buren's only competitors in the 1836 election were the Whigs, who ran several regional candidates in hopes of sending the election to the House of Representatives, where each state delegation would have one vote. William Henry Harrison hoped to receive the support of the Western voters, Daniel Webster had strength in New England, and Hugh Lawson White had support in the South. Van Buren was unanimously nominated by the 1835 Democratic National Convention at Baltimore. He expressed himself plainly on the questions of slavery and the bank at the same time voting, perhaps with a touch of bravado, for a bill offered in 1836 to subject abolition literature in the mails to the laws of the several states. Van Buren's presidential victory represented a broader victory for Jackson and the party. Van Buren entered the White House as a fifty-five year old widower with four sons.
Category: Pre-Civil War
