The Election Of 1836: Martin Van Buren vs. The Whig Party
Intro: Today I will be discussing one of the weirdest elections in U.S. history the election of 1836, Martin Van Buren wants to become the new president of the United States, but a new political party is looking to stop that from happening...Let's get into it. Martin Van Buren For President So, Andrew Jackson decides to step down after two successful and controversial terms as president and sees his vice president, Martin Van Buren as his logical successor. Van Buren is the one of the founders of the Democratic Party alongside Andrew Jackson, he also is a great political organizer as he helped to get Jackson the presidency in 1828 and Van Buren has also held many political positions as Senator and later Governor of his home state of New York, Secretary of State and of course VP under the Jackson Administration...So he has a very impressive track record, and he gets the Democratic Party's nomination without any question. Van Buren chooses Richard Mentor Johnson, a U.S. Repre