| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 1, 1840 |
Presedential Elections: Popular Vote Electoral VoteWilliam H. Harrison (Whig) 53.1 234 |
| January 1, 1840 |
Liberty party founded,runs James G. Birney |
| January 1, 1840 |
American Republican Party endorses Clay and Frelignhysen |
| May 1, 1840 |
Democratic National convention |
| October 1, 1840 |
Birney accepted democratic nom. For Michigan legislature |
| January 1, 1841 |
bank bill passed in Senate |
| June 21, 1841 |
extended fillibuster over bank recharter bill |
| January 1, 1842 |
Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed |
| March 1, 1843 |
Cushing becomes Secretary of State |
| January 1, 1844 |
Presedential Elections: Popular Vote Electoral VoteJames K. Polk (Democratic) 49.6 170 |
| April 1, 1844 |
treaty of Texas annexation considered |
| December 1, 1844 |
Adams launches effort to eliminate gag rule on slavery |
| January 1, 1845 |
admission of Republic of Texas |
| December 4, 1845 |
defeated motion of Vice Presidential appointments |
| August 1, 1846 |
Wilmot Proviso fillibustered in Senate |
| January 1, 1848 |
Presedential Elections: Popular Vote Electoral VoteZachary Taylor (Whig) 47.4 163 |
| January 1, 1848 |
Wilmot Proviso attatched to Oregon treaty |
| January 1, 1848 |
Free Soil party founded |
| March 10, 1848 |
ratification of treaty with Mexico |
| May 22, 1848 |
Convention/Democrats split into Barnburners and Hunkers |
| June 7, 1848 |
Whig Convention in Philidelphia |
| January 1, 1849 |
Free soilers refuse to support caucuses in House |
| January 1, 1849 |
Plurality used to elect speaker |
1840-1849 - Seeds of Secession
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