Realizing Clay was unlikely to win the presidency, Lincoln, who had pledged in 1846 to serve only one term in the House, supported General Zachary Taylor for the Whig nomination in the 1848 presidential election.

In the presidential election in 1848, the Democratic Party split over the slavery issue, with the abolitionists leaving the party and forming the Free Soil Party, and making Martin Van Buren their nominee.

He obtained an appointment in 1850 to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from Representative Thomas Hamlet Averett, the man who had defeated his father in the 1848 election.

Political cartoon about the 1848 presidential election which refers to Zachary Taylor or Winfield Scott, the two leading contenders for the Whig Party nomination in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War.

November 7: U. S. presidential election, 1848 | The first US presidential election held in every state on the same day sees United States Whig Party | Whig Zachary Taylor of Virginia defeat United States Democratic Party | Democrat Lewis Cass of Michigan.

* November 7 – U. S. presidential election, 1848: Whig Zachary Taylor of Louisiana defeats Democrat Lewis Cass of Michigan in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day.

Starting with the presidential election of 1848, all states held the election on the same date in November.

The United States presidential election of 1848 was an open race.

Zachary Taylor avoided the issue as the Whig candidate during the 1848 U. S. presidential election but then as President attempted to sidestep the entire controversy by pushing to admit California and New Mexico as free states immediately, avoiding the entire territorial process and thus the Wilmot Proviso question.

Following the ousting of the last king to rule France during the February 1848 Revolution, the Second Republic was formed with the election of < span lang =" fr "> Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte </ span > as President ( 1848 – 1852 ).

His temporary exile in 1848 proved to be a blessing in disguise for the December presidential election, as it meant he played no part in the June Days, and was able to enhance his image as " all things to all men " against his main opponent, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, who had led the repression against the working-class of Paris.

Seward supported the Whig candidate, General Zachary Taylor, in the presidential election of 1848.

1848 brought the area ’ s first election with a total of ten male votes cast.

The following year, the area was reorganized into the townships of Copper Harbor, Eagle Harbor, Houghton, Portage, Algonquin, and L ' Anse, and the first election took place in July 1848.

After Auglaize County was organized in 1848, St. Marys competed with Wapakoneta for the position as county seat but was ultimately unsuccessful in a controversial countywide election.

At the general election which followed, the Governor General was sustained by a narrow majority, but in 1848 the Reformers were again returned to power, and he and Lafontaine formed their second administration on March 11 under Lord Elgin and carried numerous important reforms, including the freeing from sectarian control of the University of Toronto and the introduction into Upper Canada of an important municipal system.

Chirac experienced the biggest landslide in a French presidential election ( greater even than that of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte in 1848, the first by direct ballot ), winning over 82 % of the vote.

He was an unsuccessful candidate to the presidential election of 10 December 1848, receiving fewer than 19, 000 votes.

The Party's " spoiler " effect in 1848 may have put Zachary Taylor into office in a narrowly-contested election.

His nomination by Lord John Russell to the vacant see of Hereford in December 1847 was again the signal for organized opposition ; and his consecration in March 1848 took place in spite of a remonstrance by many of the bishops, and the resistance of John Merewether, the dean of Hereford, who voted against the election.

By mid-century, however, a synthesis of the ideas of Romanticism with more stable political ideas had emerged, partly in reaction to the failed Romantic and democratic Revolutions of 1848.

From 1830 to 1848, the domain of Rambouillet, which had belonged to his grandfather, the duc de Penthièvre, was not included in Louis Philippe I's liste civile ; however, begged to do so by the townspeople, the emperor Napoléon III, who reigned from 1852 to 1870, requested its inclusion in his.

In 1848, however, the populace rose against Austria, more violently then in any other Italian centre apart from Milan and Brescia ( the city would receive the highest award for military valour for the courage displayed by revolutionaries in this period ).

They were, however, defeated by Sir Harry Smith in an engagement at Boomplaats ( 29 August 1848 ).

These Italian territories, however, continued to have viceroys under their new rulers for some time ; Sardinia would have a viceroy until 1848.

It was only after the Revolution of 1848, however, that he became deputy for the department of Puy-de-Dôme.

Opening was planned for 30 June 1848, but the Board of Trade Inspector did not approve some of the large-span bridges at the eastern end, however his superior was satisfied by later load tests, and the line opened on 11 July 1848.

He was initially buried at Rosney, home of his nephew Robert Watkins ; however, he was reinterred in 1848 beneath the Signers Monument in front of the courthouse on Greene Street in Augusta.

In 1848, the USS Grampus was lost at sea with all hands aboard, however Capt.

The powerlessness of the Frankfurt Assembly, however, was reflected in the debate over the Danish Conflict of 1848.

After the Revolutions of 1848 these ideas were adopted by liberal theorists like Friedrich List and Heinrich von Gagern, later by the German National Liberal Party, then however with a distinct Pan-German notion and accompanied by the concept of a renewed settler colonialism under the firm leadership of the German Empire and Austria-Hungary.

When his father died in 1848, however, he became the richest man in America ; he was the last member of the Astor family to enjoy this distinction.

The concept of nationalism continued strong, however, and sporadic outbreaks led by such inveterate reformers as Giuseppe Mazzini occurred in several parts of the peninsula down to 1848 – 49.

" Despite this enjoyment, however, he was not entirely satisfied with " Ode on Indolence ", and it remained unpublished until 1848.

When the Oregon Territory was organized in 1848, however, Champoeg was not chosen as the capital.

With the 1848 February Revolution, the motto was officially adopted, mainly under the pressure of the people who had attempted to impose the red flag over the tricolor flag ( the 1791 red flag was, however, the symbol of martial law and of order, not of insurrection ).

During the First War of Schleswig, from 1848 to 1851, Swedish troops were located in Jutland as support for Denmark against Prussian-supported rebels ; the Swedish regular troops, however, never experienced any combat.

Church records for the first summer do not contain information on disease victims ; however, later records indicate that, from mid-September 1846 to May 1848, disease caused the deaths of 359 residents.

In 1848 he gave up his connection with the firm, to which, however, his younger half-brother Elisha succeeded so that the firm name remained the same.

Finally, however, another draft was preferred, and on the April 19, 1874, the new constitution was accepted by the people – 14 cantons against 7 ( those of 1848 without Ticino, but with Fribourg and Lucerne ).

His lifework in botany, however, is Flora Italiana, of which five volumes appeared between 1848 and 1874 ; the next five were issued by Teodoro Caruel ( to 1894 ) with the assistance of Parlatore's manuscript.

He soon found, however, that the opinion of all classes, including the army, was solidly against him, and he decided to risk all on an alliance with the reviving fortunes of Austria, which was steadily working for the restoration of the status quo overthrown by the revolution of 1848.

: 1 ) A layer of thickness averaging 20 cm, consisting of humus-rich earth with many plant remains and roots ; tracks from ploughing were clearly identifiable as were a broad spectrum of readily datable finds from the second half of the 20th century. 2 ) A layer of thickness averaging 25 cm, similar in composition to the first layer, however containing less humus and a larger amount of small stones ; a large variety of finds which could be dated to the 19th and 20th century were found, of which an official seal from 1848 deserves particular mention. 3 ) A layer of thickness between 25 and 150 cm, composed out of small volcanic rocks, most likely put in place in one movement, which levelled the uneven stone underneath ; the stones contained only very few finds, mostly a small number of pottery shards, of which some was local and some imported, both kinds were roughly estimated as belonging to the 19th century ; however, the ground directly beneath the pyramids themselves have yet to be excavated.