[EL] DAILYQUIZ PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS DAILY QUIZ September 20, 2012

[Greenberg, Kevin]

My recollection from probably college or some other time in the way distant past is that VP Johnson was very unpopular and there was an effort to overthrow him that was successful enough that he was not nominated by the convention but that was unsuccessful enough that they could not consolidate behind a replacement.

It was not yet a time when the Presidential candidate dictated the choice of VP.

My interesting question: when did that change?


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I believe that the Whigs ran different candidates in different states on a sort of favorite son strategy, and because of internal division.   Van Buren also had different running mates in different states for similar reasons.

I initially typed that as "favorite sin strategy."   That, of course, is what takes place after the election
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com<mailto:richardwinger at yahoo.com>> wrote:
Jerry's question of yesterday, September 19, about the Democratic convention of 1840 not nominating any v-p candidate, is his most interesting question so far, in my opinion.  He is correct that the Democratic national convention, meeting in Baltimore on May 5, 1840, didn't nominate anyone for vice-president, and that is a unique event in the history of major party presidential conventions.

I would like to know more about why that happened.  I see that a majority of Democratic presidential electors nevertheless voted for the incumbent Democratic vice-president, Richard Johnson of Kentucky.  Johnson got 48 electoral votes.  The other Democratic electors voted as follows:  one for James G. Polk of Tennessee, and 11 votes for Littleton Tazewell of Virginia.  I hope someone on this list can tell us more.

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Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 6:50 AM

#270DailyQuiz:   Apropos to the President's appearance on Letterman, who was the first presidential candidate to appear on the Tonight Show?   [9/20/12]





Answer to previous question:  Who was the only major party nominee for President to run without a VP running mate?[9/19/12]   Martin Van Buren.  1840





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