List of Whig National Conventions

This article lists the presidential nominating conventions of the United States Whig Party between 1839 and 1856. Note: Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are in bold

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!Year

!Location

!Presidential Nominee

!Vice Presidential Nominee

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|width="10%" align="center"|1839

|width="22%" align="center"|Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

|width="33%" align="center"|William Henry Harrison of Ohio

|width="37%" align="center"|John Tyler of Virginia

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|width="8%" align="center"|1844

|width="22%" align="center"|Baltimore

|width="33%" align="center"|Henry Clay of Kentucky

|width="37%" align="center"|Theodore Frelinghuysen of New Jersey

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|width="8%" align="center"|1848

|width="22%" align="center"|Philadelphia

|width="33%" align="center"|Zachary Taylor of Louisiana

|width="37%" align="center"|Millard Fillmore of New York

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|width="8%" align="center"|1852

|width="22%" align="center"|Baltimore

|width="33%" align="center"|Winfield Scott of New Jersey

|width="35%" align="center"|William A. Graham of North Carolina

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|width="8%" align="center"|1856

|width="22%" align="center"|Baltimore

|width="33%" align="center"|Millard Fillmore of New York^a

|width="37%" align="center"|Andrew J. Donelson of Tennessee^a

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^aFillmore and Donelson had previously been nominated as candidates of the American Party.

See also

• List of presidential nominating conventions in the United States
• List of Republican National Conventions
• List of Democratic National Conventions
• List of United States National Republican/Whig Party presidential tickets
• 1831 National Republican National Convention

References

• Cluskey, Michael W. (ed.). The Political Textbook. J.B. Smith & co., Philadelphia: 1860. Google Books digitized version