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

[John Tanner]

D'oh!  I always get those mixed up.

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com>wrote:

> No, that was 1836.
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> --- On *Thu, 9/20/12, John Tanner <john.k.tanner at gmail.com>* wrote:
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> From: John Tanner <john.k.tanner at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [EL] DAILYQUIZ PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS DAILY QUIZ September 20,
> 2012
> To: richardwinger at yahoo.com
> Cc: "Jerry H.Goldfeder" <jgoldfeder at stroock.com>, "law-election at UCI.edu" <
> law-election at uci.edu>
> Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 9:07 AM
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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.
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> I initially typed that as "favorite sin strategy."   That, of course, is
> what takes place after the election
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> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=richardwinger@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
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> 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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> Richard Winger
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> --- On *Thu, 9/20/12, Goldfeder, Jerry H. <jgoldfeder at stroock.com<http://mc/compose?to=jgoldfeder@stroock.com>
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> From: Goldfeder, Jerry H. <jgoldfeder at stroock.com<http://mc/compose?to=jgoldfeder@stroock.com>
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> Subject: [EL] #270DAILYQUIZ PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS DAILY QUIZ September 20,
> 2012
> To: "Goldfeder, Jerry H." <jgoldfeder at stroock.com<http://mc/compose?to=jgoldfeder@stroock.com>>,
> "'law-election at UCI.edu'" <law-election at uci.edu<http://mc/compose?to=law-election@uci.edu>
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> Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 6:50 AM
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>  *#270DailyQuiz:  ** Apropos to the President’s appearance on Letterman,
> who was the first presidential candidate to appear on the Tonight Show?
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> *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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