<1840 newspaper WHIG Party WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON ELECTED PRESIDENT vs VAN BUREN

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<1840 newspaper WHIG Party WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON ELECTED PRESIDENT vs VAN BUREN:
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1840 newspaper with inside long, detailed coverage on the PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION of 1840 in which Whig (Republican) WILLIAM HENRY HARRISONDefeated Democrat Incumbant PRESIDENT Martin Van Buren!! Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!!!

Please visit our store at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINALNEWSPAPER,theHartford Times (Hartford, Cn) dated November 11, 1840 with inside long, detailed coverage on the PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION of 1840 in which Whig (Republican) WILLIAM HENRY HARRISONDefeated Democrat Incumbant PRESIDENT Martin Van Buren!!Harrison is famous for having served the shortest Presidency in US history after becoming sick due to standing out in the rain to give his inaugural address. This election was unique in that electors cast votes for four men who had been or would become President of the United States: current President Martin Van Buren; President-elect William Henry Harrison; Vice-President-elect John Tyler, who would succeed Harrison upon his death; and James K. Polk, who received one electoral vote for vice president, and who would succeed Tyler in 1845. 42.4% of the voting age population voted for Harrison, the highest percentage in the history of the United States up to that time.

FANTASTIC US PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY in this 1840 newspaper, which boasts long detailed inside coverage of William Henry Harrison\'s historic defeat of Martin van Buren to become the 9th President of the United States!

When Harrison came to Washington, he wanted to show both that he was still the steadfast hero of Tippecanoe, and that he was a better educated and thoughtful man than the backwoods caricature ascribed to him in the campaign. He took the oath of office on March 4, 1841, a cold and wet day. He wore neither an overcoat nor hat, rode on horseback to the ceremony rather than in the closed carriage that had been offered him, and delivered the longest inaugural address in American history. At 8,445 words, it took him nearly two hours to read, although his friend and fellow Whig Daniel Webster had edited it for length. Harrison then rode through the streets in the inaugural parade, and that evening attended three inaugural balls, including one at Carusi\'s Saloon entitled the \"Tippecanoe\" ball, which at a price of US$10 per person (equal to $229 today) attracted 1000 guests.

The inaugural address was a detailed statement of the Whig agenda, essentially a repudiation of Jackson and Van Buren\'s policies. Harrison promised to reestablish the Bank of the United States and extend its capacity for credit by issuing paper currency (Henry Clay\'s American system); to defer to the judgment of Congress on legislative matters, with sparing use of his veto power; and to reverse Jackson\'s spoils system of executive patronage. He promised to use patronage to create a qualified staff, not to enhance his own standing in government.

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