Michigan and Arkansas having been admitted this year took part in the election, making 26 States. THE FOURTEENTH ELECTION, 1840. The Whig party this year concentrated on Wm. H. Harrison for President, and John Tyler for Vice-President. The Democrats opposed them with Van Buren and Johnson again. The country had been passing through a financial crisis of extreme severity during the thirteenth presidential term, and this election, involving the decision of a financial policy, was very exciting. Harrison was an Ohio farmer, and, the Democrats said, “lived in a log cabin and drank hard cider.” The Whigs took the hint, built log cabins to hold their campaign gatherings in, drank much hard cider, and sung stirring political songs. Harrison’s popular vote was 1,274,783—his electoral vote 234 Van Buren’s ” 1,128,702 ” 60 --------- --- Majority, 46,081 174 Tyler’s vote as Vice-President was the same as Harrison’s. Harrison died on the 4th of April, one month after his inauguration, and John Tyler succeeded to the Presidency. His term was made remarkable by his disagreement with the measures of Congress, on financial questions. This was the first time a Vice-President had been called on to serve as a substitute for the President. There were 26 States taking part in this election. THE FIFTEENTH ELECTION, 1844. The slavery question entered into this election as a leading point. The Republic of Texas asked admission into the Union. As it would be certain to be a slave State, and many of the people objected to extending that institution while others favored it, the parties took it up; the Democrats favoring the admission, the Whigs opposing. James K. Polk was the candidate for President, and Geo. M. Dallas for Vice-President, run by the Democrats. The Whigs opposed against them Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen. The vote for Polk and Dallas was 1,335,834, electoral vote 170 ” Clay and Frelinghuysen 1,297,033, ” 105 --------- --- Polk and Dallas’ majority, 38,801 65 This was the third time Mr. Clay had been defeated as a candidate for the Presidency, to the great regret of many, even of those who voted against him. The war with Mexico followed as a consequence of the policy of the United States government, decided upon in this election. Texas had formerly been a part of Mexico, and that country considered its admission into the Union as an act of hostility to herself. SIXTEENTH ELECTION, 1848.