Retrospective US Presidential Election: 1844

[Nerdlinger]

I plan to run through every US presidential election, two per week. The 28 elections from 1789-1896 will be run simultaneously with the 28 elections from 1900-2008. Be sure to vote in each election!

For 1789-1800, I will include in the poll everyone who received at least 5% of the electoral vote. From 1804-2008, I will include everyone who received at least 0.05% of the popular vote. Results for each election will be posted on the dedicated Retrospective US Presidential Election Results Thread (here) and compared to the actual results. The thread for general project discussion is here.

Here's the link to the 1956 election.

[Jello_Biafra]

One vote for Liberty!

[Baconheimer]

cLAY for the presidency!

[Turquoise Blue]

For Birney and Liberty!

[Baconheimer]

I consistently vote Whig, Democratic, and Socialist.

[vultan]

Dang it, misvoted. Still, Birney is more than acceptable, so I'm not complaining.

[Nerdlinger]

Originally Posted by Baconheimer

I consistently vote Whig, Democratic, and Socialist.

That's not consistent, then.

[Gryphon]

Hurrah, hurrah, the country's rising
For Harry Clay and Frelinghuysen!

[Turquoise Blue]

For Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, vote for Birney at the election!
Make sure that the Blacks get freed, the ladies get votes and happiness rules all!

[metastasis_d]

Polk. For Texas!

[Komodo20]

Originally Posted by Turquoise Blue

For Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, vote for Birney at the election!
Make sure that the Blacks get freed, the ladies get votes and happiness rules all!

I'm pretty sure (but not 100%) that Birney was opposed to women's suffrage

[Siren]

Originally Posted by Turquoise Blue

For Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, vote for Birney at the election!
Make sure that the Blacks get freed, the ladies get votes and happiness rules all!

James Birney hated women's rights. He left the Liberty Party because of the American Anti-Slavery Society's position in favor of women's rights. So basically, he thought slavery was okay as long as it was men enslaving women.

[Plumber]

Polk. He conquered my ancestors and I suppose that deserves some sort of admittance of defeat.

[Hercule Poirot]

Polk! Huzzah for expansion!

[Justin Green]

CLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! One more term!

[Makemakean]

Let's abolish slavery, already!

ONE VOTE FOR THE LIBERTY CANDIDATE: JAMES G. BIRNEY!

[Stolengood]

The American System, for a Way Forward for America; I'm castin' for Clay.

[jpj1421]

I'll just go ahead and tie that up with my vote for Clay.

[Turquoise Blue]

Clay has 36 votes!

[Kome]

I wonder if not Polk, how will Clay or Birney handle American expansion, considering expansion was more or less synonymous with the slavery issue at that time.