the free-soil party nominated zachary taylor as its presidential candidate in 1848.
the free-soil party nominated zachary taylor as its presidential candidate in 1848.
whom did the free-soil party nominate as its presidential candidate in 1848?
zachary taylor
jon earle argues that "prince john" van buren was a "most effective campaign speaker" and that he was especially effective with urban working-class audiences. in his speeches van buren "took jacksonian antislavery arguments to new rhetorical height, excoriating the slavery conspirators, ridiculing comprising "doughfaces" and "meddlesome whigs," and above all, emphasizing the degrading influence of slavery on free labor." (p. 167). "john van buren often stressed the free soil party plank calling for free homesteads in his appeals to workingmen and freeholders, reminding them that reserving the public lands for settlers kept [the lands] out of the hands of speculators and land monopolies, as well as slaveholders." the free soil party was anti-slavery because it believed that slavery promoted laziness and went against free land/labor ideas. as a strong supporter of this third party, van buren convinced his father to run on its platform in 1848. the free soil party completely split with the democratic party, which came to be influenced by elite slaveholders. many of the free soil members joined the republican party in 1860 when abraham lincoln ran for president, even nominating one of their own, hannibal hamlin to the vice presidency. many, if not most of the free soil party's ideals were appropriated by the republican party. martin van buren, john van buren and most of their followers in new york chose to remain in the democratic fold.
john van buren
on 13 november 2018, the party met via telephone conference to nominate its 2020 presidential and vice-presidential nominees. bill bayes of mississippi, the 2016 vice-presidential nominee, was nominated for president on the first ballot over adam seaman of massachusetts and phil collins of nevada. c.l. gammon of tennessee was nominated as the vice-presidential candidate without opposition. bill bayes, however, resigned from this position and on 30 march 2019, another telephone conference call was held, resulting in the endorsement of c.l. gammon as the presidential candidate and phil collins as the vice presidential candidate. adam seaman would later become the nominee of the american free soil party.
prohibition party