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TABle 10.3 THe eleCTiON Of 1836
10.1
Candidate Party Popular vote electoral vote
van Buren Democratic 764,198 170
10.2 Harrison Whig 549,508 73

White Whig 145,342 26
Webster Whig 41,287 14
10.3 Mangum independent Democratic * 11

*electors chosen by South Carolina legislature.
10.4
policies. It was international and reflected complex changes in the world economy
that American policymakers could not control. But the Whigs blamed the state of the
economy on Jacksonian finance, and the administration had to respond. Since Van
Buren and his party were committed to a policy of laissez-faire on the federal level,
they could do little or nothing to relieve economic distress through subsidies or relief
measures. But Van Buren could try to salvage the federal funds deposited in shaky state
banks and devise a new system of public finance that would not contribute to future
panics by fueling speculation and credit expansion.

Read the Document Davy Crockett, Advice to Politicians (1833)

CAMPAIgN Poster This poster advertises a rally for William H. Harrison. Harrison
would go on to win the election of 1840 by a wide margin.
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