How Harrison and Tyler Were Elected in 1840
The article traces the 1830s and 1840 political shift led by Jackson and Van Buren, detailing bank conflicts, the plan to remove government deposits, and the rise of the Whig ticket of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. It notes the banker battles, economic distress, and popular mobilization with symbols and songs supporting the Whigs.
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van Buren
Democratic Party
United States Bank
Jackson
Congress
Senate
House
Union
Bank
Martin van Buren
Baltimore
Bank of the United States
Europe
Boston
New Orleans
Treasury
United States
Independent Treasury
Sub-Treasury
Silas Wright
Benton
Clay
Webster
Harrisburg
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Harrison
Tyler
J. Duane
Roger B. Taney
United States Boer Court
J. Taney
Jackson and
Friends of the Bark
The Great Political Turmoil Over Tyler and the Bank
A recount of the 1841 Whig split following President Tyler and his vetoes, the push for a United States bank, and cabinet resignations. It notes Webster and Clay in the campaign, the extra session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, and the formation of The Fiscal Bank of the United States with Clay as chair of the committee.
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Whig Party
United States Bank
Congress
Wise
House
Clay
Senate
Treasury
Ewing
Bank of the
United States
President Tyler
Mr. Clay
General Harrison
Webster
House of Representatives
Whig
How Tyler and the Bank Crisis Shaped Early American Policy
A detailed historic panorama traces the 1840s bank battles, Tyler’s shifts from Whig to Democratic alignment, and the struggle over the US bank, tariffs, and Texas annexation. It covers Webster and Clay era logic, the McLeod and Caroline incident, cabinet shifts, and the political realignments that culminated in Polk’s 1844 victory.
Townsend's Letter on Finance and Prohibition in New York
George Alfred Townsend discusses W. B. Dodds of Marion Indiana and a Kentucky influenced view on currency and tariffs. He warns of tariff shifts due to natural gas driven industrial growth in Indiana and critiques banking, public works, and political figures while noting Prohibition candidates Green Clay Smith and Clinton Fiske.
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New York
Congress
Manning
Merion
Ind
W. B. Dodds
Dodds
Cincinnati
Marion
Indiana
Providence
New Haven
Mitchell
George Alfred Townsend
Dean Lin
Connecticut
East
Ovars
W. K. Dopps
Ohio River
Kentucky
Lexington
Secretary of the Treasury
Postal Department
Young Harrison
New York City
Old John Street
Captain Webb
Harpers
Newark
Washington
Newef
United States
Englan
Clinton B. Fiske
New Jersey
Green Clay Smith
Smith
Green Clay Suniel
Green Clay
Mr. Fiske
Christian Eoker i. Fiske
Pollock
Gene Fiske
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
Evie
England
Fort Washion
New York Central
Depew 6
Pennsylvania Railroad
Central
Mr. Dorshe
Chicago
Buffa
Harlem River
Hudson River
Harlem Valley
Wagner
Pennsylvania
Jersey
Jewett
Sme
Huson
Eelem
A Comfortable Room Secured
A Fresno gentleman, unable to find a vacant room at a San Francisco hotel, offered $100 to secure a room. He persisted with a bold wager and, amid a crowd, proposed to a young woman from the same party. They went to a parson and were wed, according to readable fragments of the report.
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San Francisco Alta
Fresno
Thom
Extremes Meet on a Nebraska Country Road
Two men encounter on a rural road with a puzzled exchange about residence and ownership, ending in a stammered suggestion about selling something unspecified. The fragment hints at a humor or miscommunication moment in a Nebraska State Journal page item.
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Nebraska State Journal
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Young People’s
The
Tippecanoe
Caroline
McLeod
Globe Newspaper Company
Hon
George B. Loring
Thon
John Quincy Adams
Republic
Geryy
Van
Daniel Webster
Calhoun
Woodbury
Rantoul
Grundy
Butler
Amos Kendall
Mr. van Buren
Mr. Webster
Mr. Ewing
John Bell
George E. Badger
Francis Granger
John J. Crittenden
Virginia
Old Dominion
John Randolph
Mr. Adams
Crawford
General Jackson
Walter Forward
John McLean
Abel P. Upshur
Navy
Charles A. Wickliffe
Hugh 8. Lagare
South Carolina
Greenough
Capitol
Great Britain
Canada
Seward
Lockport
Lord Ashburton
Twenty-eighth Congress
Massachusetts
Mr. Tyler
David Henshaw
Navy Department
James M. Porter
War Department
John Nelson
Maryland
Atel P. Upsitur
John C. Spencer
Messrs
Princeton
Upshur
Nee, Gilmer
John C. Calhoun
David G. Mason
Robert Kantoul, Jr
Nathaniel Greene
Democracy
Caleb Cushing
China
Texas
Mexico
Polk
Idenler
Lockport Jail
Townsend
Blair & Rieves
Hermitage
Nicholas Biddle
Biddle
Jersey City
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