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The Electoral College vote was a tie, 73 to 73 between Thomas Jefferson and running mate Aaron Burr. (In those days, there was only one vote for president and vice-president combined and each elector got two votes, with the second place finisher becoming vice-president. One of the electors should have listed someone else for VP, but all the Jefferson supporters voted for the both Jefferson and Burr. )Therefore, the House of Representatives chose the President. Burr saw his chance to be president and refused to resign . ) Opponents of Jefferson saw their chance to thwart Jefferson and maybe get some concessions from Burr if he was made president. After much political maneuvering, Jefferson was elected. The 12th amendment that changed the election process was ratified before the next election.
At the election of 1824, there were four presidential candidates: John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun. When the results was tallied, none of the four received an electoral majority because each carried different areas. Based on the Twelfth Amendment, three of the top candidates would be decided by the House of Representatives (Henry Clay was kicked off because he received the least vote). It was apparent that Jackson was going to win (and he did won the popular vote), but Henry Clay, using his influence as the Speaker of the House, convinced the majority of the House to vote for Adams. As a result, John Quincy Adams became the president, and as a favour to Clay, he appointed Clay as the Secretary of State. For this reason, the election of 1824 was seen as a "corrupt bargain." Also, this election finally ended the "Era of Good Feelings" because for once, there is not just one political party, which was an advantage because having only one political party gave a sense of political unity. In addition, it also ended the congressional caucus. Before 1824, Congressional Caucus was a system used to nominate only one candidate to represent each political party, but with many people voting for presidential candidates, there were several people representing the Republicans instead of only one, thus leading to the demise of the Congressional Caucus.
The 1840 Presidential Election was the only one since Vice Presidential elections were introduced in 1804 that one of the major-party candidates ran without a running mate (incumbent Martin Van Buren wanted his Vice President, Richard M. Johnson, to run with him again, but the Democratic Party refused to nominate him).
That was also the first election in which the winner was the nominee of the Whig Party.
William Henry Harrison swept the election of 1840 with 234 electoral votes. However, he barely won the popular vote against Martin Van Buren.
It was only the third election, but the first with two major political parties running.
George Washington was elected without opposition in the first two elections. 1796 was the first one that had two opposing candidates with opposing views about running the country.
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Who won the presidential election of 1840 but died a couple of weeks later?
William Henry Harrison won the 1840 election, took the oath of office on 4 March 1841 and died of pneumonia on 4 April 1841.
Presidential Election or 1840 - why was it considered the first modern election?
both parties for the first time widely campainged among all eligible voters
Would become the ninth president in 1840?
William Henry Harrison won the election that year.
Where did the famous phrase of tippecano and tyler too come from?
came from the election in 1840, when William Henry Harrison (also known as "Old Tippecanoe") ran for president with John Tyler running as vice president. they used the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too".
How many electoral votes did William Henry Harrison have?
Martin Van Buren won the 1836 presidential election defeating William Henry Harrison. In the 1836 presidential election Martin Van Buren received 170 electoral votes, William Henry Harrison received 73 electoral votes, Hugh L. White received 26 electoral votes, Daniel Webster received 14 electoral votes, and William P. Mangum received 11 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Van Buren 764,176 and Harrison 558,816. Whig Party candidate William Henry Harrison won the 1840 presidential election defeating Democratic Party incumbent President Martin Van Buren. In the 1840 presidential election there was a total of 294 electoral votes thereby requiring a majority of 148 votes to win the presidential election. William Henry Harrison received 234 electoral votes and Martin Van Buren received 60 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Harrison 1,275,390 and Van Buren 1,128,854.
How did the campaign of 1828 compare with present day elections?
The election campaigns today do not resemble the election campaign of 1840 in any way. Today, graphics and technology are vital in the campaigns which was not used in the 1840 campaigns among other differences.
What were some Campaign Issues for the Election of 1836 and the Election of 1840?
Election of 1840, the issue was the Panic of 1837.
How did the wig party win the election of 1840?
By winning the popular vote and by beating out all the other parties.
Between 1824 and 1840 voter participation in elections?
increased dramatically
Who won the 1840 election?
William H. Harrison
Who was the whig's party nomination in the 1840 election?
The Whigs ran William Henry Harrison in 1840 and won .
The election of 1840 pitted what two rivals against each other?
William Henry Harrison and Martin Van Buren
Why the new whinging party easily won the 1840 election?
The United States presidential election of 1840 was the 14th quadrennial Rallying under the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too".
Who were the whig candidate in the 1840 presidential election?
The Whig party candidates for the presidential election of 1840 were William Henry Harrison, Henry Clay, and Winfield Scott.
What role did the economy play in the election of 1840?
Ms. Kennedy
Who were the Whig candidates in the 1840 election?
William Henry Harrison and his running mate, John Tyler, were the Whig candidates in 1840.
What role did the economy play in the presidential election of 1840?
Ms. Kennedy
