Packet 3: Tossup 9

This politician removed his appointee to one position, Jesse Hoyt, after Hoyt and his predecessor, Samuel Swartwout, (-5[1])were accused of embezzlement. This politician and his supporters were labeled as “dough faces, with dough heads, and dough hearts, and dough souls” in Daniel Webster’s “Marshfield Speech.” An opponent of this politician claimed that “he will never kick” after (10[1])organizing the rejection of his nomination as the ambassador to Britain. (10[1])This early leader of the Bucktails faction (10[2])created (10[1])one (10[1])of the first political machines (10[3])in America, (10[1])the Albany (10[1])Regency. (10[4])After (10[1])this politician penned the “Barnburner Manifesto,” (-5[1])which advocated for the abolition of slavery, (-5[1])the Free Soil Party nominated (10[1])him for president in 1848. (10[1])For 10 points, name this politician who served as Andrew Jackson’s vice president (10[2])before becoming president in 1837. (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

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