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title: "Why did the Whigs select William Henry Harrison as their presidential cand in 1840? How did his campaign set a new pattern for presidential contests?"  
description: "Why did the Whigs select William Henry Harrison as their presidential cand in 1840? How did his campaign set a new pattern for presidential contests?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-04-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41861/why-did-the-whigs-select-william-henry-harrison-as-their-presidential-cand-in-1840-how-did-his-campaign-set-a-new-pattern-for-presidential-contests  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the Whigs select William Henry Harrison as their presidential cand in 1840? How did his campaign set a new pattern for presidential contests?

Why did the Whigs select William Henry Harrison as their presidential cand in 1840? How did his [campaign](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33845/which-ministry-launches-saksham-2018-campaign) set a new [pattern](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2314/what-is-the-mvp-and-mvc-pattern) for presidential contests?\
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