The remarkable thing about the election of 1840 is that it shows that the Whigs have learned to use the weapons of their enemies, moving from a party of elites to one with mass popular appeal The Whigs hold a convention and create an election campaign that is unlike anything the country has seen. They tout William Henry Harrison, their candidate, as a man of humble beginnings, even though his father was a Virginia aristocrat who signed the Declaration of Independence. The Democrats can mount little defense against the reality of the Depression and the Whigs' folksy campaign tactics.

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Whigs develop popular base, 1840 campaign, William Henry Harrison, Democrats frustration, Age of Jackson, The

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