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War era factions shaped 1848 Democratic split
The piece recounts New York Barn-burners and Hunkers at the Baltimore convention, Van Buren’s ouster, and the rise of Free Soil and the Civil War under General Taylor. It notes Sickles’s speech, the seating of rival delegations, and a surprise presidential nomination that year.
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Cigs
Jaurela
Buena Vista
New York State
Free Mod
Democratic Party
Martin van Buren
van Buren
Taylor
Baltimore
Lewis Cass
Michigan
James Buchanan
Pancaylvania
Cass
Newark
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Samuel J. Tilden
National Democracy
Barnsburners
Mdaniel B. Sickles
Wickies
Hunk‘ar
New Tork
Lberal
Zwestern New York
New York
Zox
Silas Wright
Wright
Kid
Hoth
Cent
Dan Sickles
Ne York
Free Soil Movement
Martin van Buren i Becime
Ghanies Francis
Morehaad
Loui Age Collect