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Election of 1840, the issue was the Panic of 1837.
William H. Harrison and John Tyler
The election campaigns today do not resemble the election campaign of 1840 in any way. Today, graphics and technology are vital in the campaigns which was not used in the 1840 campaigns among other differences.
The "log cabin and hard cider" campaign was launched by the Whig Party in the 1840 election, as one Democratic personality remarked that Whig candidate William Henry Harrison would be "just as happy with a jug of hard cider to sip in front of his log cabin as serving as President".
That was the campaign slogan for William Harrison in the election of 1840.
Harrison ran a "log cabin" campaign as a war hero and a man of the people as Andrew Jackson had done when he won the presidency. Martin Van Buren was portrayed as a wealthy snob who was wasting the country's money.
Harrison ran a "log cabin" campaign as a war hero and a man of the people as Andrew Jackson had done when he won the presidency. Martin Van Buren was portrayed as a wealthy snob who was wasting the country's money.
Harrison ran a "log cabin" campaign as a war hero and a man of the people as Andrew Jackson had done when he won the presidency. Martin Van Buren was portrayed as a wealthy snob who was wasting the country's money.
Harrison ran a "log cabin" campaign as a war hero and a man of the people as Andrew Jackson had done when he won the presidency. Martin Van Buren was portrayed as a wealthy snob who was wasting the country's money.
The "log cabin and hard cider" campaign of 1840 was the first real display of two party systems since the dissipating Federalist and Anti-Federalist parties left the political stage. This campaign showed new party divisions with the use of slogans, (such as the hard cider & log cabin) and candidates being portrayed as complete opposites. It was a really tough campaign designed to divide people and make them choose sides in the new democracy.
No --The myth came from the cabin and hard cider slogan which helped with the 1840 election. He came from what might be called Virginia nobility who had big houses and plantations.
Log cabin and hard cider