Show I Just HistO By Albert F. F Philip Philips Among the real executive leaders le-aders of ot men of ot the old da daj Martin Van Buren eighth pre of tho the United States and wh famous as a political manag addition he was known as Little Magician and he we wc title to this name through his bers of the Albany Beg Reg Began Regan an aggregation of ot politician from 1820 to 1855 r a period Of oi ty fI 5 years ears managed the I cratIc party In New York stat sta name arising from the fact most of the tho members memberS' of the tho rt re lived In Albany Prominent I whom w were re William r. r L L. Macy A A. Dix and Silas Wright Th cess coss of ot the regency was perfect organization Tho regency differed fro Tammany organization that merly controlled the city of f York Tammany was In 1805 the tho name Tammany s being assumed and taken trot of an Indian chief a master of ot ceremonies its me being called d braves and Its ing place the wigwam Lik Albany Regency the have always been most moat pron proc i In It prevailed thorough org rg tion and thorough canvass organization was for a short allied with DeWItt De Clinton bu separated and Tammany came caine camere re recognized as the regular Den Dec faction of ot New York its fl fI greatest activity being Now City Van Buren obtained his bis eduIn eduIn eduin edu edu- In a village school but he born politician and at the Uthe tithe tl U the formation of the Alban gency goncy under the leadership Witt Clinton ho he was but 33 old He was nominated In co cotlon tion for president by bv the Bernand Dem Bern Demand and the convention which nored nor ed him was held in the city o 0 on May Mav 20 1833 1835 am aln year jear and a half before the el Contrast a campaign of ot length with the campaigns p present The Baltimore while consisting of dell deli was declared not a represent one In that the larger part delegates was from Malan l However regardless of ot this state was allowed to cast th tb corresponding to its In Iii congress The result was that Van waa was given the i on the first ballot hi hining hining ning mate being Richard M son of ot Kentucky Kentuck who de William C C. C Rives Hives of Virginia convention reaffirmed the thirds rule It was in this campaign th Ui Whig party was formed Th against Van Burer Buren were nominated by bv various fir mi were General William Henry Henryson son of Ohio John McLean IcLean of ol White of Tennessee lei iel Webster of or Massachusetts the candidates for vice pre were Francis Granger of ot New and John Tyler of Virginia number of states the tho election were wele twenty twenty-si the mode of selecting presh ele electors tors was by popular v general tick ts in all aU the stat South Carolina which S si its electors b by the From Front this time until 18 method of choosing elector maln d unchanged the sole tion Uon to their election by bv on OR general tickets being Sout gout olina The result of the ba was the election of V Van an Bure vote of to s 48 for fora son for White and 42 Webster In the electoral college Van was given votes Harris Harri votes White 26 votes votes' Webs votes and William P P. Mang votes Virginia refused to gl vote ote for Johnson for vice pre so that not hav haying having mg a majority whole college he was withe election The senate however ed him by a a. vote yote of 33 to 1 16 to Francis Granger He lie w ws 1 only vice ice president in m the hist the country that was wag not elec tho electoral college During the Jackson Va Nan an Buren was app minister to Great Britain Th Tb ate refused to confirm him a prolonged and bitter debate cret session the debating end enda a tie vote and Calhoun finall finally the casting vote for Van Yan Buren came ba bark k k from fron gland In deep humiliation H to succeed hums him president but he ho met defeat hard cider campaign of ot 1840 William Henry Harrison was eu ed Again In 1848 he was no nom norn i iby by the free soil soi Democrats Charles Francis Adams as his hl ning mate mute the purpose of his being to defeat Louis C C C. Michigan the tho regular his party which was It Is said of ot Van Buren that 1 his followers were the first toto toto to to Washington the crafty m me inc 01 t of New York politicians which grew the party machine was the man that Jackson J P J. for his successor and he belong beloni the Barnburner faction of Tit t ty which faction split spilt t the e l of New Kew York into two tons fons The story of ot the farm burn in order to J burned d his barn j to towards told from rats was often orten wards this faction of the Dem e the name of t tor e were given f for or sort soft shells |