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Office | President |
Honorific | President - Abbr: President |
Type | General Election |
Filing Deadline | June 01, 1836 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | November 04, 1836 - 06:00am Central |
Polls Close | November 23, 1836 - 08:00pm Central |
Term Start | March 04, 1837 - 12:00pm |
Term End | March 04, 1841 - 12:00pm |
Contributor | Chronicler |
Last Modified | Chronicler November 08, 2008 06:30pm |
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After his landslide reelection, President Jackson sought a means of withdrawing federal funds from the National Bank and depositing them in local banks. His Secretary of the Treasury Louis McLane refused to make the withdrawals, so Jackson removed him. Jackson removed McLane’s successor for the same reason. The new Treasury Secretary, Roger B. Taney, took the bold step, signing the order to remove the funds. The National Bank was now separate from the federal government.
Senators Clay and Calhoun were furious. They sponsored a resolution criticizing President Jackson for his actions, which the Senate passed. Jackson responded that the Senate was trying to break down the division of powers provided by the Constitution.
The second major incident in Jackson’s second administration was the Nullification debate. The South Carolina legislature voted to nullify the tariff (which it dubbed the Tariff of Abominations). If the federal government would not accept the attempt by SC to veto the act, the state was ready to secede from the union. While President Jackson favored a lower tariff, he disliked nullification more. Jackson was prepared to lead the armed forces to SC himself in order to quell the nullification murmuring. In the end, Henry Clay worked out a compromise between the two parties which ended the stalemate.
As the 1836 election approached, Jackson’s supporters were united in their support of VP Martin Van Buren. The opposition Whigs, however, were badly div [More...]
After his landslide reelection, President Jackson sought a means of withdrawing federal funds from the National Bank and depositing them in local banks. His Secretary of the Treasury Louis McLane refused to make the withdrawals, so Jackson removed him. Jackson removed McLane’s successor for the same reason. The new Treasury Secretary, Roger B. Taney, took the bold step, signing the order to remove the funds. The National Bank was now separate from the federal government.
Senators Clay and Calhoun were furious. They sponsored a resolution criticizing President Jackson for his actions, which the Senate passed. Jackson responded that the Senate was trying to break down the division of powers provided by the Constitution.
The second major incident in Jackson’s second administration was the Nullification debate. The South Carolina legislature voted to nullify the tariff (which it dubbed the Tariff of Abominations). If the federal government would not accept the attempt by SC to veto the act, the state was ready to secede from the union. While President Jackson favored a lower tariff, he disliked nullification more. Jackson was prepared to lead the armed forces to SC himself in order to quell the nullification murmuring. In the end, Henry Clay worked out a compromise between the two parties which ended the stalemate.
As the 1836 election approached, Jackson’s supporters were united in their support of VP Martin Van Buren. The opposition Whigs, however, were badly divided. A meeting of state legislators in Columbus in early 1835 presented John McLean OH as a candidate. McLean failed to attract a great following, however. When the Anti-Masonic Party in PA endorsed William Henry Harrison, other northern states followed suit. Ohio’s Whig State Convention on 2/22/1836 voted unanimously to endorse Harrison, and only one delegate voted against the Anti-Masonic VP candidate, Francis Granger. The southern Whigs endorsed Hugh L. White TN; Daniel Webster and Willie P. Mangum ran as the Whig nominee in one state each.
Dates of election:
11/4 -- OH, PA
11/7 -- CT, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, ME, MD, MS, MO, NH, NY, VA
11/10 -- NC
11/14 -- AL, MA
11/15 -- VT
11/16 to 17 -- NJ
11/17 -- TN
11/23 -- RI
Don't have date yet -- AR, MI
Although Van Buren won the election, the Whigs were encouraged by the result. Van Buren defeated Harrison by a 51-49% margin in the North, and he defeated White by 51-49% in the South. [Less...]
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Martin Van Buren |
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William Henry Harrison |
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Hugh Lawson White |
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Daniel Webster |
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Uncertified Votes | 764,176 (50.83%) |
550,816 (36.64%) |
146,107 (9.72%) |
41,201 (2.74%) |
1,234 (0.08%) |
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Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-213,360 (-14.19%) |
-618,069 (-41.11%) |
-722,975 (-48.09%) |
-762,942 (-50.74%) |
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