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• Harrison dies in office and John Tyler becomes president (1841)

• Tyler breaks with Henry Clay, Congressional Whigs

• Election of 1844

  • Tyler�s Texas strategy
  • Clay-Van Buren agreement re: annexation issue
  • Democrats nominate James K. Polk
  • Polk wins on expansionist platform

Popular vote: Polk --49.6%; Clay--48.1%; Birney--2.3%

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