vcczar Posted November 3 Share Posted November 3 Francis Granger (NY-W) was of the moderate or conservative faction of Whigs. As such, he was against the Seward wing of NY Whigs who were strongly abolitionist. He was more in line with Fillmore. His 1st action is kind of odd. You had like 4 Whigs running for president in the general election + a lot of Dems who refused to vote for Van Buren's VP nominee, Richard Mentor Johnson, because Johnson lived with one of his female slaves as if she were his wife, and he considered their children to be his legitimate children. As such, no VP got enough EVs in the election, so it went to the US Senate, who decided for Johnson. Granger is arguably the last Whig. His actions: Granger, Francis 1836 A Whig VP nominee for a couple of Whigs nominees; disputed VP election goes to the Senate w/ Dem RM Johnson winning Granger, Francis 1840 Considered as VP poss. for Harrison as he had been w/ Harrison in 1836 Granger, Francis 1841 Appointed PM Gen for Harrison Granger, Francis 1841 Resigns w/ most of Tyler's cabinet in protest to Tyler's anti-Whig swerve Granger, Francis 1856 Final chairman of the Whig Party, more or less dissolves the party as they can't field a candidate Granger, Francis 1860 Supports the Const Union Party Granger, Francis 1861 Member of Peace Convention in failed attempt to prevent CW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted November 3 Author Share Posted November 3 Not sufficiently abolitionist when the US has a humanitarian crisis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted November 3 Share Posted November 3 He's the Lincoln of the 1840 playtest though, kicked the South's ass, won 3 terms, and was more pro-civil rights than LBJ. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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