Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Ellis, Richard J. (1960-....)
Titre(s) : Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox [Texte imprimé] : the 1840 election and the making of a partisan nation / Richard J. Ellis
Publication : Lawrence (Kan.) : University Press of Kansas, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVIII-453 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : American presidential elections
Lien à la collection : American presidential elections series
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. index
"The 1840 election is best known for giving us the most famous presidential campaign
slogan in history: "Tippecanoe and Tyler too." Featuring log cabins, sly songs, and
misleading rhetoric, it is an election usually seen as determined by campaign tactics
designed to dupe the gullible masses. While we are tempted to attribute victory to
the cleverness of the winning campaign and defeat to the missteps of the losing campaign,
a broader perspective on the showdown between the Democratic incumbent Martin Van
Buren and Whig nominee William Henry Harrison reveals other factors at work-especially
the fluctuating economy and growing antislavery sentiment, which saw the rise of the
Liberty Party and the fall of Henry Clay's bid for the nomination. Richard J. Ellis
also shows that understanding 1840 requires looking past the dramatic presidential
election to the numerous state and congressional elections that took place between
1836 and 1840, culminating in the bitter fight for the Whig nomination and a record
voter turnout in the Old Tippecanoe's unlikely victory. According to Ellis, the election
of 1840 should be remembered not for log cabins and cider barrels, but for the Whig
Party's historic convention, which was the first time a major political party selected,
rather than anointed, its nominee at a national convention. Thoroughly researched
and comprehensive in scope, Old Tip vs. The Sly Fox is a nuanced look at an election
that helped define modern presidential campaign tactics and was a formative step in
the making of our partisan nation."
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Old Tip versus the Sly Fox
Sujet(s) : Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)
Tyler, John (1790-1862)
Présidents -- États-Unis -- Élection -- 19e siècle
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1837-1841
Partis politiques -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
324.973 0009 (23e éd.) = Élections - États-Unis - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780700629459 (rel.). - ISBN 0700629459 (erroné). - ISBN 9780700629466 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb470211200
Notice n° :
FRBNF47021120
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The Age of Van Buren ; The Politics of Boom and Bust ; The Two Senators: Daniel
Webster and Henry Clay ; The Two Generals: William Henry Harrison and Winfield Scott
; The Road to the Whig Convention ; Come Together ; "We Go for Principles, Not Men":
The Democratic Convention ; See How They Run: Campaigning for President ; "The Presidential
Contest Absorbs Every Thing Else" ; Tippecanoe and the Economy Too: Understanding
the Election of 1840.
