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Zachary Taylor		  
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Lewis Cass		  
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Martin Van Buren		  
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« on: July 14, 2014, 07:35:46 PM »
Zachary Taylor, one of our best. Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2014, 07:42:23 PM »
Van Buren.
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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2014, 07:43:41 PM »
1. Gerrit Smith
2. Martin Van Buren
3. Zachary Taylor
4. Shot to the head
5. Lewis Cass
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« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2014, 07:45:13 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2014, 08:09:13 PM »
Zachary Taylor of course.
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2014, 08:45:12 PM »
Taylor without hindsight, Van Buren with
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« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2014, 12:00:05 AM »
Van Buren easily.

Taylor didn't actually run a political campaign (shocker) and Cass ran a dumb one.
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« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2014, 10:10:36 AM »
Van Buren.

Voting for anyone other than the Liberty/Free Soil Party in the 1840s or Free Soil/Republicans in the 1850s = HP
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« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2014, 04:17:55 PM »
Taylor, although Cass was a Michigander and Van Buren was anti-slavery.  Simply put, they were all pretty good candidates.
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Van Buren.

Voting for anyone other than the Liberty/Free Soil Party in the 1840s or Free Soil/Republicans in the 1850s = HP
Taylor opposed the expansion of slavery.
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« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2014, 05:02:34 PM »
« Edited: July 15, 2014, 05:06:50 PM by Speaker SWE »
Quote from: Oldiesfreak1854 on July 15, 2014, 04:17:55 PM
Taylor, although Cass was a Michigander and Van Buren was anti-slavery.  Simply put, they were all pretty good candidates.
Quote from: Senator TNF on July 15, 2014, 10:10:36 AM
Van Buren.

Voting for anyone other than the Liberty/Free Soil Party in the 1840s or Free Soil/Republicans in the 1850s = HP
Taylor opposed the expansion of slavery.
Which was impossible to know in 1848 since he refused to take a stand on the issue, and most just assumed he supported the expansion of slavery because he was a slave owner.

And opposing the expansion of slavery =/= being an abolitionist
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« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2014, 05:05:05 PM »
Quote from: Speaker SWE on July 15, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
Quote from: Oldiesfreak1854 on July 15, 2014, 04:17:55 PM
Taylor, although Cass was a Michigander and Van Buren was anti-slavery.  Simply put, they were all pretty good candidates.
Quote from: Senator TNF on July 15, 2014, 10:10:36 AM
Van Buren.

Voting for anyone other than the Liberty/Free Soil Party in the 1840s or Free Soil/Republicans in the 1850s = HP
Taylor opposed the expansion of slavery.
Which was impossible to know in 1948 since he refused to take a stand on the issue, and most just assumed he supported the expansion of slavery because he was a slave owner.

And opposing the expansion of slavery =/= being an abolitionist

Your right, because he was 98 years dead by then Wink
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« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2014, 05:06:45 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2014, 08:15:47 AM »
Van Buren enthusiastically.
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