. Political parties in Michigan, 1837-1860. An historical study of political issues and parties in Michigan from the admission of the state to the Civil War . to sustain the nominationand a heated debate ensued. At length the con-servatives, probably seeing defeat ahead, left the con-vention, and the radicals remained and made This year the Liberty party polled 294 votes insixteen In proportion to the total votecast in Michigan, the third party received twice asmany votes as it did in any other State in the North-west and more than in any State in the Int
. Political parties in Michigan, 1837-1860. An historical study of political issues and parties in Michigan from the admission of the state to the Civil War . to sustain the nominationand a heated debate ensued. At length the con-servatives, probably seeing defeat ahead, left the con-vention, and the radicals remained and made This year the Liberty party polled 294 votes insixteen In proportion to the total votecast in Michigan, the third party received twice asmany votes as it did in any other State in the North-west and more than in any State in the Inthe next few years the Liberty party in Michiganretained the leadership which it had acquired in thisfirst election. The relatively large vote of the thirdparty in the State resulted from at least three , the abolition party was primarily a westernmovement; second, the other two political partieshad not yet become so firmly established in Michiganas they had in some of the other States in the North- 53. Detroit Advertiser, August 10, 1840. 54. Ibid, November 23, 1840. 55. Smith, Liberty and Free Soil Parties, p. 46. ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT 61. Vote for Jamee , Liberty party candidate for Presidentin 1840, in per oent of the total rote E^ Lees than 1 per oent g| 1 to 2 per oent U1U1J Above 2 per oent LJ o returns 62 POLITICAL PARTIES IN MICHIGAN west; and in the third place, a very large portion ofthe residents were young,—the type of people whowould be easily influenced by the abolition movement. Early in 1841 the abolitionists held a State partyconvention, selected a State committee and nominatedcandidates on the State ticket, for the State Senatein three districts, and made at least twenty-fivenominations for the This was the firstLiberty party State ticket in the InApril the State anti-slavery society adopted a resolu-tion declaring that it was in favor of the Liberty vote for Governor in November was: Democratic20,993; Wh
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