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In 1840, William Henry Harrison was elected President of the United States.Harrison, who had served as a general and as United States Senator from Ohio, defeated the incumbent president, Democrat Martin Van Buren, in a campaign that broke new ground in American politics.
1840 Whig Party ticket: William Henry Harrison John Tyler; for President: for Vice President: United States Minister for Gran Columbia (1829) U.S. Senator from Virginia (1827–1836) President pro tempore of the Senate (1835) Campaign
William Henry Harrison was the seventh and youngest child of Benjamin Harrison V and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison. Born on February 9, 1773, at Berkeley Plantation , the home of the Harrison family of Virginia on the James River in Charles City County , [ 1 ] he became the last United States president not born as an American citizen. [ 2 ]
In 1840, Whig party candidate for President William Henry Harrison was aided by a 'hard cider and log cabin' campaign after an infamous blunder.
A score of the song as published by G. E. Blake of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", originally published as "Tip and Ty", was a popular and influential campaign song of the Whig Party's colorful Log Cabin Campaign in the 1840 United States presidential election.
The incumbent Democratic candidate, President Martin Van Buren, was dubbed "Martin Van Ruin" because of his less-than-ideal previous term where he failed to address a financial crisis, ran for re-election over Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The Whigs chose William Henry Harrison because of his similarities to former president Andrew ...
Whig nominee William Henry Harrison unseated Van Buren in the 1840 presidential election but died one month into his term. Harrison's successor, John Tyler, a former Democrat, broke with the Whigs in 1841 after clashing with Clay and other party leaders over economic policies such as the re-establishment of a national bank.
It was the first national convention ever held by the Whig Party, and was organized to select the party's nominee in the 1840 presidential election. The convention nominated former Senator William Henry Harrison of Ohio for president and former Senator John Tyler of Virginia for vice president.