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The Whig party candidates for the presidential election of 1840 were William Henry Harrison, Henry Clay, and Winfield Scott.
William Henry Harrison was elected President in 1840 as the candidate of the Whig Party.
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.
In 1840, Wiliam Howard Taft, Whig candidate from Ohio, won over the incumbent Democrat President Martin Van Buren.
William Henry Harrison and his running mate, John Tyler, were the Whig candidates in 1840.
It's a candidate nominated by the Whig Party, one of the major political parties in the U. S. from the 1830s to the 1850s.
A key factor contributing to the Whig victory in the presidential election of 1840 was their effective use of campaign tactics and strategies. The Whig candidate, William Henry Harrison, was presented as a "log cabin and hard cider" candidate, emphasizing his humble background and portraying him as a man of the people. The Whigs also successfully utilized mass rallies and parades to mobilize support and turn out voters. Additionally, their strong organization and coordination at the state level helped secure victory.
The Whigs ran William Henry Harrison in 1840 and won .
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. )
Zachary Taylor, of the whig party
James K. Polk, defeated the Whig candidate, Henry Clay in 1844. In 1852, Franklin Pierce won over the Whig candidate, Winfield Scott.
In the 1840 US Presidential election, a total of 148electoral votes were required to secure election as President. The victor, Whig candidate William Harrison, was elected with 234 - a majority of 174 and 86 more than was required to win.