His 1848 presidential campaign caused a split in the Democratic party as anti-slavery elements joined the Free Soil Party to protest his view on slavery.
In the 1844 "Hannegan letter" this New Hampshire native urged the annexation of Texas and in the "Nicholson letter" he annunciated a form of popular sovereignty. As minister to France he wrote an influential pamphlet against European attempts to suppress the slave trade through the right of search and he resigned from the cabinet in 1842 over differences with Daniel Webster over the right to search. His 1848 presidential campaign caused a split in the Democratic party as anti-slavery elements joined the Free Soil Party to protest his view on slavery. For 10 points, name this veteran of the War of 1812 and Michigan senator.
In the 1844 "Hannegan letter" this New Hampshire native urged the annexation of Texas and in the "Nicholson letter" he annunciated a form of popular sovereignty.
Lewis Cass