Barbour Democratic National Ticket, 1832 |
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| Presidential Nominee | Vice Presidential Nominee |
U.S. President
Andrew Jackson TN | Former U.S. House Speaker
Philip P. Barbour VA |
Many Southern Democrats did not support the nomination of Martin Van Buren in 1832. At the Democratic National Convention, they offered two alternates: U.S. Rep. Philip P. Barbour of Virginia and U.S. Sen. Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky. Van Buren was nominated on the first ballot with 19 votes to spare over the requisite 2/3 of the delegates.
A Barbour Democratic Convention was held in Staunton VA on 6/12-14/1832. The convention nominated a slate of Presidential Electors pledged to Jackson for President and Barbour for Vice President.
The Barbour movement spread throughout the South. In states with pre-existing fault lines in the Democratic Party, the faction with more of a states-rights bent endorsed the Barbour ticket and nom
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Barbour Democratic National Ticket, 1832 |
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| Presidential Nominee | Vice Presidential Nominee |
U.S. President
Andrew Jackson TN | Former U.S. House Speaker
Philip P. Barbour VA |
Many Southern Democrats did not support the nomination of Martin Van Buren in 1832. At the Democratic National Convention, they offered two alternates: U.S. Rep. Philip P. Barbour of Virginia and U.S. Sen. Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky. Van Buren was nominated on the first ballot with 19 votes to spare over the requisite 2/3 of the delegates.
A Barbour Democratic Convention was held in Staunton VA on 6/12-14/1832. The convention nominated a slate of Presidential Electors pledged to Jackson for President and Barbour for Vice President.
The Barbour movement spread throughout the South. In states with pre-existing fault lines in the Democratic Party, the faction with more of a states-rights bent endorsed the Barbour ticket and nominated Jackson-Barbour slates of Presidential Electors. By the end of summer 1832, Barbour Electoral tickets had been organized in five states (AL, GA, MS, NC, and VA). Some of these Barbour tickets were locally strong, and the campaign in some localities was a race between the Van Buren and Barbour candidates for Elector rather than a race between either of them and the Clay electoral slate.
Barbour was widely criticized for dividing the Democratic vote. Clay supporters claimed that with two separate Jackson tickets in the field, they would win Virginia. Democrats responded by placing more pressure on Barbour to withdraw. He issued a well-crafted letter in which he withdrew from the race in Virginia only. Although his letter was not intended to suspend activities on his behalf in other states, his slates elsewhere ceased to agitate on his behalf. In the general election, Barbour slates won several counties, but no Barbour candidates for Presidential Elector were chosen.
Popular Vote of 1832
Electoral Vote of 1832
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