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The initial front runner for the 1836 Whig nomination was legendary Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster. However, in an effort to hang the electoral college and throw the general election to Congress the Whigs shifted their support to three additional candidates: William Henry Harrison, Hugh White, and Willie P. Mangum. This effort failed, but nonetheless Van Buren won both the electoral and popular votes by narrow margins. What if Van Buren had faced Webster on a one-on-one match with the entire Whig organization behind "Godlike Dan"? Could Webster have won the election?
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