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- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention abstract "In 1844, the Democratic Party held their National Convention in Baltimore. At first, the Democrats were split; the three nominees for the Presidential candidate were: Martin van Buren, former President of the United States and leader of the dominant Jacksonian faction James Buchanan, a moderate Lewis Cass, a general and expansionistThe annexation of Texas was the chief political issue of the day. Van Buren, initially the leading candidate, opposed immediate annexation because it might lead to a sectional crisis over the status of slavery in the West. This position cost Van Buren the support of southern and expansionist Democrats; as a result, he failed to win the nomination. The delegates likewise could not settle on Cass, whose credentials also included past service as a U.S. minister to France.On the eighth ballot, the historian George Bancroft, a delegate from Massachusetts, proposed former House Speaker James K. Polk as a compromise candidate. Polk argued that Texas and Oregon had always belonged to the United States by right. He called for "the immediate reannexation of Texas" and for the "reoccupation" of the disputed Oregon territory.On the next roll call, the convention unanimously accepted Polk, who became the first dark horse, or little-known, presidential candidate. The delegates selected Senator Silas Wright of New York for Vice President, but Wright, an admirer of Van Buren, declined the nomination, becoming the first person to decline a vice presidential nomination. The Democrats then nominated George M. Dallas, a Pennsylvania lawyer.".
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- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention caption "Nominees".
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention caption "Polk and Dallas".
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention city Baltimore.
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention city Maryland.
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention date "--05-27".
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- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention list "Democratic National Conventions".
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention next "1848".
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention nextYear "1848".
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention party "Democratic".
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention presidentialNominee James_K._Polk.
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention presidentialNomineeState Tennessee.
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention prev "1840".
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention previousYear "1840".
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention venue Odd_Fellows_Hall_(Baltimore,_Maryland).
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention vicePresidentialNominee George_M._Dallas.
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention vicePresidentialNomineeState Pennsylvania.
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention year "1844".
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention subject Category:1844_in_Maryland.
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention subject Category:Democratic_National_Conventions.
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention subject Category:History_of_Baltimore,_Maryland.
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention subject Category:Political_conventions_in_Baltimore,_Maryland.
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention subject Category:United_States_presidential_election,_1844.
- 1844_Democratic_National_Convention comment "In 1844, the Democratic Party held their National Convention in Baltimore. At first, the Democrats were split; the three nominees for the Presidential candidate were: Martin van Buren, former President of the United States and leader of the dominant Jacksonian faction James Buchanan, a moderate Lewis Cass, a general and expansionistThe annexation of Texas was the chief political issue of the day.".
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