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The Barnburners and Hunkers were the names of two opposing factions of the New York Democratic Party in the mid-19th century. The main issue dividing the two factions was that of slavery, with the Barnburners being the anti-slavery faction. While this division occurred within the context of New York politics, it reflected the national divisions in the United States in the years preceding the American Civil War.

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Barnburners and Hunkers

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The Barnburners and Hunkers were the names of two opposing factions of the New York Democratic Party in the mid-19th century. The main issue dividing...

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1848 United States presidential election

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between the Barnburners and Hunkers factions with the Barnburners being anti-slavery. The delegates voted 126 to 125 to seat both delegations and share their...

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Petticoat affair

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political scandal involving members of President Andrew Jackson's Cabinet and their wives, from 1829 to 1831. Led by Floride Calhoun, wife of Vice President...

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Martin Van Buren

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balance between the Barnburners and Hunkers, the two factions of the New York Democratic Party, Van Buren moved closer to the Barnburners after the 1844 Democratic...

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Conservative Democrat

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an increase of 22% from a decade earlier. Conservatism portal Barnburners and Hunkers. Democrats in New York state in 1850s Black conservatism in the...

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Kitchen Cabinet

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politics in 1969, and in an American source discussing Israeli politics in 2006. Secretary of State Martin Van Buren was a widower, and since he had no...

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Abraham Van Buren

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April 8, 1817) was an American businessman and local public official from Kinderhook, New York. A Patriot and militia veteran of the American Revolutionary...

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1849 United States Senate election in New York

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fiercely opposing factions: the "Barnburners" and the "Hunkers". The Barnburners organized the Free Soil Party in 1848 and nominated Martin Van Buren for...

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Abraham Van Buren II

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soldier and the eldest son of Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States and his wife, Hannah Hoes Van Buren. A career soldier and veteran...

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1845 United States Senate elections in New York

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factions: the "Hunkers" and the "Barnburners". At the Democratic caucus for Speaker, Hunker Horatio Seymour received 35 votes against 30 for Barnburner William...

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Wilmot Proviso

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Martin Van Buren and the state of New York. The Barnburners were successfully opposed by their conservative opposition, the Hunkers, in their efforts...

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Orville Hungerford

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bitterly divided delegates known as Barnburners and Hunkers gathered at the Democratic State Convention in Syracuse and nominated Orville as the "Hunker"...

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1848 Democratic National Convention

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between the pro-Van Buren faction and the Hunkers that opposed them: despite this, the pro-Van Burenite Barnburners promptly walked out of the convention...

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Samuel Nelson

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known as Barnburners and Hunkers, and Nelson was identified with the Hunkers. His Barnburner opponent, John Adams Dix, won the party's nomination and the Senate...

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Lemuel Stetson

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Clinton County court, and he served from 1847 to 1851. Stetson was involved in the long running dispute between the Barnburners and Hunkers of New York's Democratic...

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1849 New York state election

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offices, Barnburners and Hunkers now combined again and nominated a Democratic ticket. The Hunker state convention met on September 6 in Syracuse and nominated...

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Free Soil Party

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tensions between the anti-slavery Barnburner and the conservative Hunker factions of the Democratic Party rose, as the Hunkers allied with the Whigs to defeat...

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Horatio Seymour

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two factions of Hunkers and Barnburners, Seymour was among those identified with the more conservative Hunker faction, led by Marcy and Senator Daniel...

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Thomas Taber II

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Democrats who attempted to resolve the dispute between New York's Barnburners and Hunkers by serving as vice president of a union convention in Dutchess...

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1853 New York state election

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following years, the Hunkers split over the question of reconciliation with the Barnburners. The Hards were against it, denying the Barnburners to gain influence...

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Albany Regency

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Democratic-Republican Party, later the Jacksonian Democrats and finally became the Hunkers faction of the Democratic Party. The Albany Regency was a loosely...

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