This president was elected over his eventual successor and Hugh L. White, two candidates put forth by the same party in different parts of the country.
Due to this man's economic policies, his entire party was dubbed the "Locofocos". This president was elected over his eventual successor and Hugh L. White, two candidates put forth by the same party in different parts of the country. After time in the New York Senate, he founded the Bucktails nationally, a political machine which became the Albany Regency. He sent Winfield Scott to solve the Aroostook War, and worsened the specie circular problem. He ran unsuccessfully on the Free Soil ticket in 1848 after being defeated in his reelection bid by William Henry Harrison. For 10 points, name this vice president and successor to Andrew Jackson known as "Old Kinderhook".
Due to this man's economic policies, his entire party was dubbed the "Locofocos".
Martin {Van Buren}