On the same day as the Democratic Convention thousands of Tyler supporters marched to Baltimore , Maryland and held their own convention believing that the Democrats , who were deadlocked between Martin Van Buren and Lewis Cass , would choose Tyler as a compromise candidate to unite the party . However , the Democrats instead chose James K. Polk , the former Speaker of the House , as their candidate , much to the dismay of the Tylerites . The Tylerites would receive a morale boost after Tyler announced his candidacy for the presidency after receiving the nomination of the new Democratic-Republican party from the convention that was formed by his thousands of supporters
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1844 Democratic National Convention
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