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The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
Van Buren was the third incumbent vice president to win election as president, an event which would not happen again until 1988, when George H. W. Bush was elected president. He is also the most recent Democrat to be elected to succeed a two-term Democratic president, and the only sitting Democratic vice president to win the presidency. [ 2 ]
Harrison was the western Whig candidate for president in 1836, one of four regional Whig party candidates. The others were Daniel Webster , Hugh L. White , and Willie P. Mangum . More than one Whig candidate emerged in an effort to defeat the incumbent Vice President Martin Van Buren , who was the popular Jackson-chosen Democrat. [ 90 ]
1836 – Original "gag rule" imposed when U.S. House of Representatives bars discussion of antislavery petitions. 1836 – Specie Circular issued; 1836 – Arkansas becomes a state. 1836 – Texas is the Lone Star Republic; 1836 – U.S. presidential election, 1836: Martin Van Buren elected president, no one is elected vice president.
December 7: Martin Van Buren elected president. October 15 – Alexander Twilight becomes the first African American elected to public office, joining the Vermont House of Representatives. [2] October 22 – Sam Houston is inaugurated as first elected president of the Republic of Texas.
Since 1836, only one sitting vice president, George H.W. Bush in 1988, has been elected to the White House. Among those who tried and failed were Richard Nixon in 1960, Hubert Humphrey in 1968 and ...
James Madison (March 16, 1751 [O.S. March 5, 1750] – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
The Senate elected Johnson in a contingent election, the only time the Senate has ever chosen the vice president. Van Buren was the last sitting vice president to win election as president until George H. W. Bush 's election in 1988; this is also the most recent election in which a Democrat was elected to the U.S. presidency succeeding a ...