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Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861, and was a veteran of the War of 1812, American Indian Wars, Mexican–American War, and the early stages of the American Civil War.
Winfield Scott Van Buren (1814-1814) Winfield, named for U.S. general Winfield Scott, was born in 1814 and died shortly thereafter. [29]
Abraham Van Buren II: Nov 27, 1807 – Mar 15, 1873 Angelica Singleton: 4 children John Van Buren: Feb 10, 1810 – Oct 13, 1866 Elizabeth Vanderpoel Father of: Anna (1842–1923) Martin Van Buren Jr. Nickname: Matt: Dec 20, 1812 – Mar 19, 1855 no spouse: Died of tuberculosis: Winfield Scott Van Buren 1814 no spouse: Died in infancy Smith ...
Martin Van Buren (D) vacant: 1833 John Tyler (NR) William Cabell Rives (J) 14J, 7NR 1834 Littleton Waller Tazewell (D) Sidney S. Baxter (W) Benjamin W. Leigh (NR) 16J, 8NR 1835 20D, 12W 73W, 61D [e] 17J, 4NR 1836 Wyndham Robertson (W) [a] 18D, 14W 74D, 60W William Cabell Rives (J) Martin Van Buren/ Richard Mentor Johnson (D) vacant: 1837 David ...
Pierce/King campaign poster. The Democratic Party held its national convention in Baltimore, Maryland, in June 1852. Benjamin F. Hallett, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, limited the sizes of the delegations to their electoral votes and a vote to maintain the two-thirds requirement for the presidential and vice-presidential nomination was passed by a vote of 269 to 13.
The Free Soil Democrats nomination of Van Buren made the victory of Taylor nearly certain in New York. On election day, enough Democratic votes were drawn away by Van Buren to give the Whig ticket all but two Democratic counties, thus enabling it to carry hitherto impregnable parts of upper New York state. The Democrats, confronted with an ...
In 1838, Van Buren directed General Winfield Scott to forcibly move all those who had not yet complied with the treaty. [167] The Cherokees were herded violently into internment camps where they were kept for the summer of 1838. The actual transportation west was delayed by intense heat and drought, but in the fall, the Cherokee reluctantly ...
Harrison won the nomination on the fifth ballot after several delegates switched from supporting Clay or Scott. The convention chose Tyler, a Southerner and Clay supporter, to serve as Harrison's running mate. The Whig ticket went on to win the 1840 election, defeating incumbent Democratic President Martin Van Buren.