Abraham and Mary Lincoln at Springfield

Authoring, Researching, Reporting and other Work

A Learning On-Line Activity by Howard Taylor

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WELCOME TO LEARNING ON-LINE ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
SPRINGFIELD YEARS

Lincoln in the Illinois House & U.S. Congress       1840 Election     

Presidents during the 1840's              The Mexican War

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Lincoln in the Illinois House & U.S. Congress

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Parties & Presidents in the 1840's


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The Major & Minor Parties of the 1840's

Free-Soil Party  

Liberty Party

 

 

Jacksonian Democrats

 

The Whigs

 

Formed from the Liberty Party in 1848

Their Platform

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Became Free Soil Party in 1848

Their Platform

James Gillespie Birney: Presidential candidate 1840 & 1841

Gerrit Smith: 1848 & 1852 (lost)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Their Platform

Martin Van Buren: President 1840

James K. Polk: President 1844-1848

Lewis Cass: Presidential candidate 1848

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Their Platform

William Henry Harrison: President 1840

Henry Clay: Presidential candidate 1844 (lost)

Winfield Scott: Presidential candidate 1852 (lost)

Zachary Taylor: President 1848-1850 (died in office)