3. Election of 1836Candidates Party Electoral Vote Popular Vote Martin Van Buren (NY) Democratic 170 764,176 William Henry Harrison (VA) Whig 73 550,816 Hugh L. White (NC) Whig 26 146,107 Daniel Webster (NH) Whig 14 41,201 W.P. Mangum (NC) Anti-Jackson 11
The 3 Whig representatives were chosen on the basis that they could do well in their area. This Webster is the same one that graduated from and represented Dartmouth in the Supreme court cases Dartmouth collage v. Woodward and Gibbons v. Ogden's.
*if panic hasn’t presented* The panic was a depression that lasted from 1837 till 1845. over 900 banks closed.
His carrer consisted of going back and forth between military service and government
Tecumseh was gone on a recruiting mission so his brother the Prophet rallied the men, he told the Native Americans that the white men’s bullets couldn’t hurt them, after the fight he lost all credibility as a leader. 30-40
Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest while getting in his car, though obviously he lived, and bush made it through his full term fine. 7 of the 8 deaths in office have followed suit with the curse. The odd man out was Zachary Taylor who died of the stomach flu in 1850.
