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It was the first national convention ever held by the <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig Party</a>, and was organized to select the party's nominee in the <a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_presidential_election" title="1840 United States presidential election">1840 presidential election</a>. The convention nominated former Senator <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a> of Ohio for <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a> and former Senator <a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a> of Virginia for <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">vice president</a>. </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster" title="Daniel Webster">Daniel Webster</a> dropped out of the race, the three leading candidates for the Whig nomination were General Harrison, who had been the most successful Whig candidate in the <a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_presidential_election" title="1836 United States presidential election">1836 presidential election</a>; General <a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott" title="Winfield Scott">Winfield Scott</a>, a hero of the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>; and Senator <a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay">Henry Clay</a>, the Whigs' congressional and philosophical leader. With <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern</a> delegates united behind him, Clay led on the first presidential ballot, but failed to win a majority. Harrison won the nomination on the fifth ballot after several delegates switched from supporting Clay or Scott. The convention chose Tyler, a Southerner and Clay supporter, to serve as Harrison's running mate. The Whig ticket went on to win the 1840 election, defeating incumbent <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> President <a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Martin Van Buren</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidential_nomination">Presidential nomination</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1839_Whig_National_Convention&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Presidential nomination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clay led on the first ballot, but circumstances conspired to deny him the nomination. First, the convention came on the heels of a string of Whig electoral losses, and party members were anxious to reverse the trend. Harrison managed to distance himself from the losses, but Clay, as the party's philosophical leader, could not. Had the convention been held in the spring of 1840, when the continuing economic downturn caused by the <a href="/wiki/Panic_of_1837" title="Panic of 1837">Panic of 1837</a> led to a string of Whig victories, Clay would have had much greater support. Second, the convention rules had been drawn up so that whoever won the majority of delegates from a given state would win all the votes from that state. This worked against Clay, who could have combined solid majority support in almost all the Southern delegations (with little potential for opponents to capitalize on a proportional distribution of delegates), and a large minority support in Northern delegations if the rules allowed counting of individual delegate votes. Third, several Southern states whose Whig party organizations supported Clay abstained from sending delegates to the convention. </p><p>Harrison won on the fifth ballot after Clay delegates from Illinois and Scott delegates from Michigan, New York, and Vermont combined to switch their support to Harrison. Writer and activist <a href="/wiki/John_Neal_(writer)" title="John Neal (writer)">John Neal</a>, who chaired the delegation from Maine, claimed to have been instrumental in convincing the powerful New York delegation to back Harrison prior to the final vote.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state-by-state roll call was printed in the newspaper the <i>Farmer's Cabinet</i> on December 13, 1839: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <caption>Convention vote </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Presidential vote </th> <th>1 </th> <th>2 </th> <th>3 </th> <th>4 </th> <th>5 </th> <th>Vice Presidential Vote </th> <th>1 </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/William_H._Harrison" class="mw-redirect" title="William H. Harrison">William H. Harrison</a></b> </td> <td>94 </td> <td>94 </td> <td>91 </td> <td>91 </td> <td>148 </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a></b> </td> <td>231 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay">Henry Clay</a></b> </td> <td>103 </td> <td>103 </td> <td>95 </td> <td>95 </td> <td>90 </td> <td align="left"><b>Abstaining</b> </td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott" title="Winfield Scott">Winfield Scott</a></b> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>57 </td> <td>68 </td> <td>68 </td> <td>16 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Presidential Balloting</b> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 489px;text-align:center;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1839WhigPresidentialNomination1stBallot.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1st Presidential Ballot"><img alt="1st Presidential Ballot" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/1839WhigPresidentialNomination1stBallot.png/120px-1839WhigPresidentialNomination1stBallot.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/1839WhigPresidentialNomination1stBallot.png/180px-1839WhigPresidentialNomination1stBallot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/1839WhigPresidentialNomination1stBallot.png/240px-1839WhigPresidentialNomination1stBallot.png 2x" data-file-width="1513" data-file-height="983" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>1st Presidential Ballot</b></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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Clayton of Delaware (Withdrawn)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/John_M._Clayton%2C_head-and-shoulders_length_studio_portrait%2C_facing_left_LCCN2015651550.tif/lossy-page1-88px-John_M._Clayton%2C_head-and-shoulders_length_studio_portrait%2C_facing_left_LCCN2015651550.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/John_M._Clayton%2C_head-and-shoulders_length_studio_portrait%2C_facing_left_LCCN2015651550.tif/lossy-page1-132px-John_M._Clayton%2C_head-and-shoulders_length_studio_portrait%2C_facing_left_LCCN2015651550.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/John_M._Clayton%2C_head-and-shoulders_length_studio_portrait%2C_facing_left_LCCN2015651550.tif/lossy-page1-176px-John_M._Clayton%2C_head-and-shoulders_length_studio_portrait%2C_facing_left_LCCN2015651550.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2316" data-file-height="3161" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Former Senator</a><br /> <b><a href="/wiki/John_M._Clayton" title="John M. Clayton">John M. Clayton</a></b> <br />of <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a><br /><small>(Withdrawn)</small></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Edward_Bishop_Dudley,_by_William_Garl_Browne.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Governor Edward B. Dudley of North Carolina (Withdrawn)"><img alt="Governor Edward B. 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Leigh of Virginia (Withdrawn)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Benjamin_Leigh.jpg/100px-Benjamin_Leigh.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Benjamin_Leigh.jpg/150px-Benjamin_Leigh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Benjamin_Leigh.jpg/201px-Benjamin_Leigh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="367" data-file-height="439" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Former Senator</a><br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_W._Leigh" title="Benjamin W. Leigh">Benjamin W. Leigh</a></b> <br />of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a><br /><small>(Withdrawn)</small></div> </li> </ul> <p>Because Harrison (born in Virginia) was considered a Northerner (as a resident of Ohio), the Whigs needed to balance the ticket with a Southerner. They also sought a Clay supporter to help unite the party. After being turned down by several potential candidates, including <a href="/wiki/John_J._Crittenden" title="John J. Crittenden">John J. Crittenden</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Bell_(Tennessee_politician)" title="John Bell (Tennessee politician)">John Bell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Willie_Person_Mangum" class="mw-redirect" title="Willie Person Mangum">Willie Person Mangum</a>, the convention finally found its Southerner who had faithfully supported Clay and would accept: former Senator <a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tyler was well known to the delegates, having previously been the running mate of <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Lawson_White" title="Hugh Lawson White">Hugh Lawson White</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willie_Person_Mangum" class="mw-redirect" title="Willie Person Mangum">Willie Person Mangum</a> during the four-way Whig campaign of 1836.<sup id="cite_ref-witcover1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-witcover1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was easily nominated on the first ballot. </p><p><b>Vice Presidential Balloting</b> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 163px;text-align:center;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1839WhigVicePresidentialNomination1stBallot.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1st Vice Presidential Ballot"><img alt="1st Vice Presidential Ballot" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/1839WhigVicePresidentialNomination1stBallot.png/120px-1839WhigVicePresidentialNomination1stBallot.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/1839WhigVicePresidentialNomination1stBallot.png/180px-1839WhigVicePresidentialNomination1stBallot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/1839WhigVicePresidentialNomination1stBallot.png/240px-1839WhigVicePresidentialNomination1stBallot.png 2x" data-file-width="1513" data-file-height="983" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>1st Vice Presidential Ballot</b></div></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1839_Whig_National_Convention&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the balloting, Clay and Scott played cards with two Whig politicians, <a href="/wiki/John_J._Crittenden" title="John J. Crittenden">John J. Crittenden</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Evans_(American_politician)" title="George Evans (American politician)">George Evans</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/Astor_House" title="Astor House">Astor House</a> hotel in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. </p><p>When the group received word of Harrison's victory, Clay blamed his loss on Scott and punched him, hitting the shoulder which had been wounded during Scott's participation in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lundy%27s_Lane" title="Battle of Lundy's Lane">Battle of Lundy's Lane</a>, before being physically removed from the hotel room. </p><p>Scott then sent Crittenden to Clay with Scott's challenge for a duel, but Crittenden reconciled the two by convincing Clay to apologize for his outburst.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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"The First National Nominating Convention". <i>Enduring Controversies in Presidential Nominating Politics</i>. University of Pittsburgh Press: 111–124.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Enduring+Controversies+in+Presidential+Nominating+Politics&rft.atitle=The+First+National+Nominating+Convention&rft.pages=111-124&rft.date=2004-08-29&rft.aulast=Buell&rft.aufirst=Emmett+H.&rft.au=Morison%2C+Samuel+Eliot&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1839+Whig+National+Convention" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichards1933" class="citation thesis cs1">Richards, Irving T. 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platforms, 1840-1964</i> (1965) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/nationalpartypla00port">online 1840-1956</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1839_Whig_National_Convention&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/proceedingsdemo00harrgoog">Proceedings of the Democratic Whig National Convention (1839)</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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(1825–1828)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ohio%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Ohio's 1st congressional district">Representative of Ohio's 1st congressional district</a> (1816–1819)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Indiana" title="List of governors of Indiana">Governor of the Territory of Indiana</a> (1801–1812)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Northwest Territory's at-large congressional district">Delegate of Northwest Territory's at-large congressional district</a> (1799–1800)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Life</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Plantation" title="Berkeley Plantation">Berkeley Plantation</a></li> <li><a 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of the Northwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Meigs" title="Fort Meigs">Fort Meigs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Thames" title="Battle of the Thames">Battle of the Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Spring_Wells" title="Treaty of Spring Wells">Treaty of Spring Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio" title="1822 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio">1822 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_presidential_election" title="1836 United States presidential election">1836 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_presidential_election" title="1840 United States presidential election">1840 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1839 Whig National Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison_1840_presidential_campaign" title="William Henry Harrison 1840 presidential campaign">William Henry Harrison 1840 presidential campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tippecanoe_and_Tyler_Too" title="Tippecanoe and Tyler Too">Tippecanoe and Tyler Too</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison_Tomb_State_Memorial" title="William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial">William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Presidency</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_William_Henry_Harrison" title="Inauguration of William Henry Harrison">Inauguration of William Henry Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Irwin_Harrison" title="Jane Irwin Harrison">Jane Irwin Harrison</a> (acting First Lady)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public image</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_memorials_to_William_Henry_Harrison" title="List of memorials to William Henry Harrison">List of memorials to William Henry Harrison</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brave_Warrior" title="Brave Warrior">Brave Warrior</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tecumseh_(film)" title="Tecumseh (film)">Tecumseh</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gen._William_Henry_Harrison_Headquarters" title="Gen. William Henry Harrison Headquarters">Gen. William Henry Harrison Headquarters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_William_Henry_Harrison" title="Equestrian statue of William Henry Harrison">Equestrian statue of William Henry Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curse_of_Tippecanoe" title="Curse of Tippecanoe">Curse of Tippecanoe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Harrison_family_of_Virginia" title="Harrison family of Virginia">Family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Harrison" title="Anna Harrison">Anna Harrison</a> (wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Scott_Harrison" title="John Scott Harrison">John Scott Harrison</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Benjamin Harrison</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V" title="Benjamin Harrison V">Benjamin Harrison V</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_VI" title="Benjamin Harrison VI">Benjamin Harrison VI</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_Bassett_Harrison" title="Carter Bassett Harrison">Carter Bassett Harrison</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_IV" title="Benjamin Harrison IV">Benjamin Harrison IV</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_III" title="Benjamin Harrison III">Benjamin Harrison III</a> (great-grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carter_I" title="Robert Carter I">Robert Carter I</a> (great-grandfather)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">← Martin Van Buren</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler →</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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title="Webster–Ashburton Treaty">Webster–Ashburton Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tariff_of_1842" title="Tariff of 1842">Tariff of 1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Wanghia" title="Treaty of Wanghia">Treaty of Wanghia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_John_Tyler" title="List of federal judges appointed by John Tyler">List of federal judges appointed by John Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_annexation" title="Texas annexation">Texas annexation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priscilla_Cooper_Tyler" title="Priscilla Cooper Tyler">Priscilla Cooper Tyler</a> (acting first lady)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Princeton_(1843)" title="USS Princeton (1843)">USS <i>Princeton</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public image</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Polk">James K. Polk →</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Mentor_Johnson" title="Richard Mentor Johnson">← Richard Mentor Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_M._Dallas" title="George M. Dallas">George M. 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