The Election of 1840 and the Harrison/Tyler Administrations

by Schlesinger, Arthur Meier; Israel, Fred L.; Frent, David J.

• ISBN13: 9781590843543
• ISBN10: 1590843541
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Mason Crest

Summary

Scholars have called the Whig Party's 1840 Log Cabin campaign "a landmark in the carnivalization of American elective politics." The Whigs, under the leadership of Thurlow Weed, Thaddeus Stevens, and Thomas Corwin, created a national campaign organization to compete with the well-established Democrats. Whig candidate William Henry Harrison, a hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe and a prosperous landowner, was presented to the voters as a common man of the people, who had lived in a log cabin. In The Election of 1840 and the Harrison/Tyler Administrations, Princeton University professor Sean Wilentz discusses the events of this important campaign and its impact on American political history. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(11)
Arthur M. Schlesinger jr.
The Election of 1840	17	(21)
Sean Wilentz
Facts at a Glance	38	(2)
William Henry Harrison
Facts at a Glance	40	(5)
John Tyler
Harrison's Inaugural Address	45	(16)
John Tyler Becomes President	61	(8)
On the Rhode Island Crisis	69	(4)
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty	73	(12)
Emigration Treaty with Hesse	85	(4)
Excerpt from Fourth Annual Message	89	(8)
On the Annexation of Texas	97	(4)
Tyler's Veto of the Revenue Cutters and Steamers Bill	101	(3)
Further Reading	104	(2)
Index	106