The United States presidential election of 1840 was the 14th quadrennial Rallying under the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too".
The Whig party candidates for the presidential election of 1840 were William Henry Harrison, Henry Clay, and Winfield Scott.
The Whigs ran William Henry Harrison in 1840 and won .
William Henry Harrison, from Whig Party. With 52.9%.
People's votes show what party they support.
peoples votes showed what party the supported
I'm pretty sure the Whig party won, but I'm not positive IMPROVEMENT The Whig Party won the election, William Henry Harrison was elected resident.
By winning the popular vote and by beating out all the other parties.
Election of 1840, the issue was the Panic of 1837.
William Henry Harrison won the 1840 presidential election and his party was the Whigs.
Martin Van Buren was elected as a member of the Democratic party of Andrew Jackson. His opposition was the Whig party. ( After he was defeated for re-election in 1840, he was nominated in 1848 by the Free Soil Party (abolitionist) and got enough votes in New York to throw the state and election to Whig candidate Zachary Taylor. )
1848 Whig Party Candidate Zachary TaylorThe candidates for the Presidential election of 1848 were Zachary Taylor (Whig), Lewis Cass (Democratic), and Martin Van Buren (Free Soil). Zachary Taylor won the election to become the 12th President of the United States. President Taylor was in office from March 4, 1849 until July 9, 1850 when he died of gastroenteritis. Taylor was succeeded by his Vice President, Millard Fillmore.
The first party platform in 1840 was released by the Democratic Party, although the Whigs did release a platform for the 1844 election. The platform release had four sections. A good place to view party platforms through present-day is: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25852