1848 Whig National Convention

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After four years out of the White House, the Whig Party congregated in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the presidency. Hoping the formula that had brought success in 1840 would do so again, the delegates nominated Zachary Taylor, a former popular general but a political novice. Millard Fillmore received the nomination to the vice presidency. The ticket would go on to win the 1848 election over Democrats Lewis Cass and William Butler.

[edit] The Whig Ticket

President: Zachary Taylor (Louisiana) - former general

Vice-President: Millard Fillmore (New York) - New York State Comptroller and former Representative

[edit] References

• Holt, Michael F. (1999). The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505544-6.