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1848 newspaper WHIG PARTY candidate ZACHARY TAYLOR is ELECTED US PRESIDENT:
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1848 newspaper - Whig Party candidate ZACHARY TAYLOR is ELECTED US PRESIDENT -inv #2P-310

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SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINALNEWSPAPER,the Vox Populi (Lowell, MA) dated Dec 1, 1848.This newspaper contains inside page news of the ELECTION of Whig Party candidate ZACHARY TAYLOR as the US President.

The United States presidential election of 1848 was the 16th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1848. In the aftermath of the Mexican–American War, General Zachary Taylor of the Whig Party defeated Senator Lewis Cass of the Democratic Party. The contest was the first presidential election that took place on the same day in every state, and it was the first time that Election Day was statutorily a Tuesday.

Despite Taylor\'s unclear political affiliations and beliefs, and the Whig opposition to the Mexican–American War, the 1848 Whig National Convention nominated the popular general over party stalwarts such as Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. For vice president, the Whigs nominated Millard Fillmore, a New York Whig known for his moderate views on slavery. Incumbent President James K. Polk, a Democrat, honored his promise not to seek re-election, leaving his party\'s nomination open. The 1848 Democratic National Convention rejected former President Martin Van Buren\'s offer for a second term, instead nominating Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan. Van Buren broke from his party to lead the ticket of the Free Soil Party, which opposed the extension of slavery into the territories.

The Whig choice of Zachary Taylor was made almost out of desperation; he was not clearly committed to Whig principles, but he was popular for leading the war effort. The Democrats had a record of prosperity and had acquired the Mexican cession and parts of Oregon country. It appeared almost certain that they would win unless the Whigs picked Taylor. Taylor won a plurality of the popular vote and a majority of the electoral vote, while Van Buren won 10.1% of the popular vote, a strong showing for a third party candidate.

Taylor\'s victory made him the second of two Whigs to win a presidential election, following William Henry Harrison\'s victory in the 1840 presidential election. Like Harrison, Taylor died during his term, and he was succeeded by Fillmore. Discounting Republican Abraham Lincoln\'s 1864 re-election on the National Union ticket, Taylor is the most recent individual who was not a member of the Democratic or Republican parties to win a presidential election.

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