Presidential nominations and elections : a history of American conventions, national campaigns, inaugurations and campaign caricature (1916)
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 28
. General Jacksons success with the convention sys-tem in 1832 encouraged him to use it again at theend of his second term in order to secure the nomina-tion of Van Buren as his successor. He began toprepare the way for this early in 1835, writing to afriend, who published the letter, suggesting… … s ^ -S o AND ELECTIONS 11 elect as delegates men whom he could depend uponto do his bidding. The convention met in Baltimorein May, 1835, and was a really extraordinary body.There were 626 names on the roll of delegates, repre-senting twenty-two States and two Territories. There were no delegates…
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