Martin Van Buren
The Free Soil Party's presidential candidates were Martin Van Buren in 1848 and John Hale in 1852.
Martin Van Buren
The Free-Soil Party
He ran as the candidate of the Free Soil Party in 1848.
The Republicans used this in their first attempt to elect a president. Fremont was their candidate.
Martin Van Buren.
The Free-Soil party ran ex-president Van Buren as its candidate in 1848. He won 10.1% of the popular vote but did not carry any states. However , he no doubt took enough votes from the Democrats in New York, his home state, to swing New York to Taylor and New York's 36 electoral votes were enough to decide the election.
by receiving 10 percent of the vote it was clear its anitslavery platform had captured Americans attention
Republican Party candidate John Fremont
Republican Party candidate John Fremont
The Free Soil Party nominated ex-president, Martin Van Buren, former Democrat from New York. He was able to attract enough votes, especially in New York, to tip the election to Taylor over the Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass.