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Famous frontiersman and Tennessee Congressman Davy Crockett was originally a supporter of President Andrew Jackson, but broke with him in 1831 over Jackson's Indian Removal Act. During the course of this affair he made a very eloquent speech on the floor of Congress which catapulted him into the national spotlight, just as the country got ready for a new Presidential election in 1832. Andrew Jackson, of course, did not take kindly to Crockett's opposition of his Indian program, and managed to get him kicked out of the Democratic Party.

What if the Whig Party had taken advantage of this to recruit Crockett to run against Jackson in 1832? Could Crockett have mounted a serious challenge to Jackson?

Supposing Crockett wins, what kind of President does he make?
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