Advertisement This week’s episode recalls the 1840 campaign of presidential candidate William Henry Harrison, humble farmer of North Bend, Ohio, and hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Or at least ...

In 1840, the Whigs borrowed and thieved from “the Democratic ... was what had led the Whigs to spurn a national nominating convention in the 1836 presidential election. And the final vote at the ...

During the 1840 campaign, Shannon had help from Vice ... He also had some remarks about the presidential election. What set the stage for the election was a colossal financial crisis then gripping ...

If you think that appealing to sentiment over reason is a tactic defined by modern presidential campaigners, think again. In this episode of Whistlestop, we remember the election of 1840 ...