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Rant Quiz: Election of 1844. What was the most important issue of the Presidential election of 1844? Who was the Whig Party candidate in the election? Who was the eventual Democratic Party candidate in the election? What was the major concern for the Liberty Party?
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Rant Quiz: Election of 1844 • What was the most important issue of the Presidential election of 1844? • Who was the Whig Party candidate in the election? • Who was the eventual Democratic Party candidate in the election? • What was the major concern for the Liberty Party? • According to the Democratic Party Platform of 1844, what should happen in the Oregon Territory?
The Election of 1844 and the ascendency of “Young Hickory” A Mandate of the People
The Candidates Whig Party Democratic Party • Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen • Martin Van Buren • James Buchanan • Lewis Cass • John Tyler • John C. Calhoun • Richard Johnson • James K. Polk Third Party Candidate – James Birney of the Liberty Party