A history of the United States . eleasedtwo months later only after prom-ising to grant the Texans theirindependence. His governmentrepudiated this agreement, buttook no steps to reconquer theTexans. An independent repub-lic was estabUshed with SamHouston as president, but offersof annexation were made to theUnited States. Jackson, however, deferred action, partlybecause he did not want to get into trouble with Mexico andpartly because he did not wish to inject this question into thepresidential campaign then in progress. Jackson had his party well in hand and he had long de-cided that Van Bur
A history of the United States . eleasedtwo months later only after prom-ising to grant the Texans theirindependence. His governmentrepudiated this agreement, buttook no steps to reconquer theTexans. An independent repub-lic was estabUshed with SamHouston as president, but offersof annexation were made to theUnited States. Jackson, however, deferred action, partlybecause he did not want to get into trouble with Mexico andpartly because he did not wish to inject this question into thepresidential campaign then in progress. Jackson had his party well in hand and he had long de-cided that Van Buren should be his successor. In May,The election 1^^^> more than a year before the usual time forof Van the opening of the presidential campaign, a Demo- uren, 1836 gj,g^^jg convention met in Baltimore and nominatedVan Buren by acclamation, though without any great enthu-siasm. A ballot was taken for vice-president and RichardM. Johnson of Kentucky was nominated* The Whigsthought it best not to nominate a candidate and held no. General Sam Houston. Jacksonian Democracy 287 convention, but they hoped by running different men indifferent parts of the country to capture enough electoralvotes to throw the election into the House. Van Burenreceived 170 electoral votes, which was more than a major-ity. Of the Whig candidates WiUiam Henry Harrisonreceived 73 votes. White of Tennessee 26, and Webster ofMassachusetts 14. South CaroHna, unwilling to vote forJacksons candidate, cast her 11 votes for Mangum of NorthCarolina. Johnson did not receive a majority of the electoralvotes, but he was chosen vice-president by the Senate. Although a shrewd political adviser, Van Buren possessedfew of the gifts of a popular leader. He labored under thehandicap of having received his high office at the Administra-hands of Andrew Jackson rather than from tionofVanthe people. He announced his intention of ^^^^treading in the footsteps of General Jackson, but he lackedJacksons self-reliance and he soon
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