In the 1960 US Presidential election, the point was made that the Democrat nominee, John F. Kennedy, was Catholic. Never before did the US have a Catholic president.
Many people believed that JFK's religion would be a handicap for him in the election. JFK did win a very close election and JFK remains as the only Catholic president the US has ever had.
The question of the annexation of Texas was no doubt the issue that most influenced the election outcome of 1844.
The candidates in the 1848 presidential election were Zachary Taylor, Lewis Cass, and Martin Van Buren. This election pressed the issue of slavery because Cass and Van Buren were from states in which slavery was not tolerated. Taylor was a slave owner himself and tried to use his position to appeal to the southern states.
the free and unlimited coinage of silver. -William McKinley wanted to remain on the gold standard. -William jennings Bryan and the populist party advocated for the silver standard. the free and unlimited coinage of silver. -William McKinley wanted to remain on the gold standard. -William jennings Bryan and the populist party advocated for the silver standard. realignment
The seventeenth amendment addressed the issue and process of the election of the US senators.
Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. The 1860 presidential election showed the major difference of opinion between the north and the south over the issue of slavery. Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election. He did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas declared its secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency. The Civil War began with the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. After the Civil War began in April, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy.
the issue over tarriffs
The annexation of Texas was the main issue of the election of 1844.
the main issue was the economy
The question of the annexation of Texas was no doubt the issue that most influenced the election outcome of 1844.
because of separation of church and state
Expansionism was a primary issue during the election of 1844, along with what to do with Texas. James K. Polk won the election.
Not directly, although the election of 1860 was the pivotal first step at resolving the slavery issue. It led to a civil war which in time did resolve the issue by ending slavery.
Not directly, although the election of 1860 was the pivotal first step at resolving the slavery issue. It led to a civil war which in time did resolve the issue by ending slavery.
In the US presidential election of 1848, Zachary Taylor of the Whig Party won the election. Even though he was a slave owner himself, he did not want to expand the practice further into the West.
they didn't like it and some liked it it was an oppinion
The key issue in the Lincoln-Douglas debates was slavery. Lincoln and Douglas were viewed as contenders for the 1860 presidential election.
it settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election and ended Congressional ("Radical") Reconstruction