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James K. Polk in 1844.Polk is known as the dark horse presidential candidate.
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James K. Polk was the dark horse candidate in the 1844 U. S. presidential election. He ended up winning, defeating Henry Clay.
Dark horse is a term used to describe a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort.It can be a political candidate who is nominated unexpectedly.Politically, the term reached United_Statesin the nineteenth century when it was first applied to James_K._Polk, a relatively unknown Tennessee Democrat who won the Democratic Party's 1844 presidential nomination over a host of better-known candidates.
James K. Polk was the dark horse candidate in the 1844 U. S. presidential election. He ended up winning, defeating Henry Clay.
James K. Polk was the dark horse candidate in the 1844 U. S. presidential election. He ended up winning, defeating Henry Clay.
He was the first dark horse candidate
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This from the folks at Wikipedia:The term began as horse racing parlance. A dark horse is a race horse that is not known to gamblers and thus is difficult to place betting odds on. Politically, the term was first applied to James K. Polk, a relatively unknown Tennessee Democrat who won the Democratic Party's 1844 presidential nomination over a host of better-known candidates. Polk won the nomination on the ninth ballot, and went on to win the presidential election.The general idea is that the 'dark horse' candidate is considered by those in the know to be unlikely to win, or at least unknown.In the political world, a dark horse candidate is someone who is not expected to win or even to do well in the contest.It means someone who is not expected to win.
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He seemed an unlikely candidate for nomination to become President. Van Buren seemed to have the Democratic nomination locked up tight and would surely choose Polk as his running mate. The Whig candidate was bound to be the powerful Henry Clay. Polk had served as the Governor of Tennessee but had failed twoce to obtain re-election to that office. He was considered to be far too weak to win.