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1832 Democratic National Convention
| 1832 presidential election | |
  Nominees Jackson and Van Buren | |
| Convention | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | May 21–23, 1832 |
| City | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Venue | "The Athenaeum", (first), St. Paul and East Lexington Streets Warfield's Church (First Universalist) |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Andrew Jackson of Tennessee |
| Vice-presidential nominee | Martin Van Buren of New York |
| Voting | |
| Total delegates | 283 |
| Results (president) | Jackson (TN): 283 (100%) |
| Results (vice president) | Van Buren (NY): 208 (73.5%) Barbour (VA): 49 (17.3%) Johnson (KY): 26 (9.2%) |
The 1832 Democratic National Convention was held from May 21 to May 23, 1832, in Baltimore, Maryland.[1] In the first presidential nominating convention ever held by the Democratic Party, incumbent President Andrew Jackson was nominated for a second term, while former Secretary of State Martin Van Buren was nominated for vice president.
The Anti-Masonic Party and the National Republican Party had held the first presidential nominating conventions in 1831, and Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet" helped organize a Democratic convention in 1832.
As the party leaders assumed that Jackson would be nominated for president, the primary purpose of the convention was to find a new running mate: Vice President John C. Calhoun had fallen out with Jackson following the Petticoat affair and the Nullification Crisis, and subsequently resigned the office in order to take a Senate seat.[2]
The convention, which was presided over by Governor Robert Lucas, hosted delegates from every state except Missouri; Jackson won the presidential nomination unanimously.[3]
With Jackson's strong endorsement, Van Buren easily won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot, defeating former Representative Philip P. Barbour of Virginia and Representative Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky.[4] The Democratic ticket of Jackson and Van Buren went on to win the 1832 presidential election.
- ^ "Democratic National Political Conventions 1832-2008 (Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ Cheathem, Mark Renfred (2008). Jacksonian and Antebellum Age: People and Perspectives. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-59884-017-9.
- ^ "United States presidential election of 1836 | United States government". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ Belko, William S. (2016-04-30). Philip Pendleton Barbour in Jacksonian America: An Old Republican in King Andrew's Court. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-1906-9.
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