27 май 1844 г. - Democrats, (aka LocoFocos) meeting in Baltimore, decline to nominate former president Martin Van Buren, who had publicly opposed the annexation of Texas. On the 9th ballot the convention selects James K. Polk, former Governor of Tennessee, the first ever "dark horse" candidate
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