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Abstract:
In the early 19th century, the Whig party came to power in North Carolina, ousting the dominant Democratic party over the consideration of land policy. The Whig plan called for distributing the proceeds from federal land sales to all the states, while the Jacksonian opposition to annual distribution for the loss of control of North Carolina from the Democrats.
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A powerful senator for the state of North Carolina, John Branch, once in the great graces of Andrew Jackson, became the motivation for the development of the Whig Party in North Carolina.
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This article looks at the 1836 Election and the Whig's Party plan to run three separate candidates in different regions of the country--Hugh Lawson White in the South, Daniel Webster in parts of New England, and William Henry Harrison in the remainder of the East and Northwest--against Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren. The details of the campaigns, the candidates, the state politics and the election itself are provided here.