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In the election of 1840, many women publicly backed the Whig Party ticket of Harrison and John Tyler over Democratic President Martin Van Buren. (Library of Congress) Women did more than wave hankies.

In this episode of Whistlestop, we remember the election of 1840, when the Whig Party demonstrated that it had learned a thing or two from the rise of Andrew Jackson’s Democratic Party.

In the wild 1840 election, the new Whig party dressed its campaigners in fringed leather hunting shirts and handed out flagons of hard cider. The Democrats pushed back, rolling forth barrels of ...

Description. Ted Widmer, former adviser to President Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, talked about his biography of President Martin Van Buren and the election of 1840.

Slate’s new podcast about presidential history revisits the election of 1840, when William Henry Harrison became the first candidate to actually campaign for the job.

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Jackson went on to win 1828 and the election afterward.Martin Van Buren vs. William Henry Harrison (1836 and 1840)Martin Van Buren was Jackson's vice president and worked with him to create the ...

From 1840 to 1900, young people were central to these events. First-time voting was a thrilling rite of passage for men turning 21, openly compared to the loss of virginity . Advertisement ...

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Ted Widmer, former adviser to President Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, talked about his biography of President Martin Van Buren and the election of 1840.