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The presidential election of 1844 was one of the two or three most momentous elections in American history. Had Henry Clay won instead of James K. Polk, wed be living in a very different country today. Polks victory cemented the westward expansion that brought Texas, California, and Oregon into the union. It also took place amid religious turmoil that included anti-Mormon and anti-Catholic violence, and the Great Disappointment, in which thousands of followers of an obscure preacher named William Miller believed Christ would return to earth in October 1844.
Author and journalist John Bicknell details even more compelling, interwoven events that occurred during this momentous year: the murder of Joseph Smith, the religious fermentation of the Second Great Awakening, John C. Frmonts exploration of the West, Charles Goodyears patenting of vulcanized rubber, the near-death of President John Tyler in a freak naval explosion, and much more. All of these elements illustrate the competing visions of the American futureDemocrats versus Whigs, Mormons versus Millerites, nativists versus Catholics, those who risked the venture westward versus those who stayed safely behindand how Polks election cemented the vision of a continental nation
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T he presidential election of 1844 was one of the two or three most momentous elections in American history. Had Henry Clay won instead of James K. Polk, wed be living in a very different country today. Polks victory cemented the westward expansion that brought Texas, California, and Oregon into the union. It also took place amid religious turmoil that included anti-Mormon and anti-Catholic violence, and the Great Disappointment, in which thousands of followers of an obscure preacher named William Miller believed Christ would return to earth in October 1844.
Author and journalist John Bicknell details even more compelling, interwoven events that occurred during this momentous year: the murder of Joseph Smith, the religious fermentation of the Second Great Awakening, John C. Frmonts exploration of the West, Charles Goodyears patenting of vulcanized rubber, the near-death of President John Tyler in a freak naval explosion, and much more. All of these elements illustrate the competing visions of the American futureDemocrats versus Whigs, Mormons versus Millerites, nativists versus Catholics, those who risked the venture westward versus those who stayed safely behindand how Polks election cemented the vision of a continental nation.
Copyright 2015 by John Bicknell
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Index
J ANUARY
| 28 | William Miller begins his final East Coast tour in Boston. |
| 29 | The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles nominates Mormon prophet Joseph Smith for president of the United States. |
F EBRUARY
| 19 | John C. Frmont crosses the summit of the Sierra Nevada into California. |
| 22 | An article in the Adventist newspaper Midnight Cry questions the March 21 date for the second coming of Christ. |
| 28 | An explosion aboard the USS Princeton kills six people, including Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur. |
M ARCH
| 6 | President John Tyler nominates John C. Calhoun as secretary of state. |
| 21 | The first date on which Millerites expected the second coming of Christ passes and is dubbed the spring disappointment. |
A PRIL
| 3 | Samuel Snows February article on the October date for the second coming is reprinted in the Advent Herald. |
| 12 | Annexation treaty between Texas and the United States is signed. |
| 13 | Samuel Colts submarine battery sinks the Styx in a demonstration off the Washington Navy Yard. |
| 22 | Texas annexation treaty is submitted to the Senate. |
| 23 | James K. Polks letter supporting annexation is published. |
| 27 | Anti-annexation letters from Henry Clay and Martin Van Buren are published, as is Calhouns Pakenham Letter. |
M AY
| 1 | Whig Party convention nominates Henry Clay for president and Theodore Frelinghuysen for vice president. The news is sent to Washington via an uncompleted telegraph line. |
| 68 | Violence between nativists and Irish Catholics ravages Philadelphias Kensington neighborhood and results in at least six deaths. |
| 17 | Joseph Smith is officially nominated for president by an Illinois state convention of his supporters in Nauvoo. |
| 18 | The Stevens-Townsend-Murphy party departs Council Bluffs, Iowa, for California. |
| 24 | Before an audience of congressmen, Samuel F. B. Morse taps out What hath God wrought on the first completed telegraph line, running between Washington and Baltimore. |
| 25 | The Baltimore Patriot publishes the first telegraphed news dispatch, concerning a House vote against debating the Oregon question. |
| 27 | A rump convention of supporters nominates President John Tyler as an independent candidate for reelection. |
| 29 | Democrats nominate James K. Polk for president, with George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania for vice president. The news is spread via the telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington. |
J UNE
| 8 | The Senate votes 1635 against the Texas annexation treaty. |
| 12 | In accepting the Democratic nomination, Polk announces he will not seek a second term. |
| 15 | Charles Goodyear is granted a US patent for the vulcanization of rubber. |
| 26 | John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner, becoming the first president to wed while in office. |
| 27 | Joseph Smith is shot to death by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois, jail. |
J ULY
| 1 | Clays first Alabama Letter is published. |
| 67 | Riots rage in Philadelphias Southwark neighborhood between nativists and militia acting to protect local Irish Catholics. |
| 27 | Clays second Alabama Letter is published. |
A UGUST
| 6 | Frmont arrives back in St. Louis. |
| 8 | Brigham Young is chosen to succeed Joseph Smith as leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. |
| 15 | Fifty thousand Democrats gather in Nashville for a pro-Polk rally. |
| 20 | John Tyler withdraws from the presidential race. |
S EPTEMBER
| 2 | Clay publishes a letter distancing himself from antislavery remarks by his distant relative, Cassius M. Clay. |
| 4 | New York Democrats nominate Silas Wright for governor. |
| 23 | Another letter from Clay tries and fails to reconcile the Texas positions from his previous letters. |
O CTOBER
| 22 | The Great Disappointment leaves Millerites still waiting for Christs second coming. |
N OVEMBER
| 412 | Polk is elected president. |
| 15 | Stevens-Townsend-Murphy party reaches Donner Lake. |
D ECEMBER
| 4 | House repeals the gag rule; presidential electors cast their votes in state capitals. |
| 21 | Delia Webster is convicted of aiding the escape of a Kentucky slave family and sentenced to two years in prison. |
C ontinuing a tradition older than the White House itself, a buoyant President John Tyler opened the executive mansion to the public to celebrate the first day of 1844. Three thousand people from all walks of Washington life showed up on the unseasonably warm day to shake his hand and have a peek inside.
What they saw might have been something of a disappointment. While the elevation of the land on which the White House sat provided a splendid view of the Potomac and the grounds are laid out very finely with shrubbery & forest trees & intersected with broad graveled walks, the interior was showing its age.
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