The Election Of 1844: Henry Clay vs. James K. Polk
Intro: Hello and welcome back to another edition of the presidential election articles for today I will be going over the election of 1844 as the founder of the Whig Party, Henry Clay squares off against the Democrats' own James K. Polk; So, with all that said let's get into it... Background Info Following the death of William Henry Harrison his vice president, John Tyler became the 10th president of the United States and his time as president was filled with problems chief among them is the fact that even though Tyler ran as the VP for the Whigs in 1836 and 1840, he was originally a Democrat before joining the Whig party. Once Harrison died and Tyler takes over as commander and chief, he alienated himself from most of everyone within the Whig Party due to his democratic views; Things got so bad between the Whigs and John Tyler that most of the members of William Henry Harrison's cabinet quit and Tyler himself was also expelled from the party making him the second and last