Around the same time , Sherman began to take a larger role in politics . In 1844 , he addressed a political rally on behalf of the Whig candidate for president that year , Henry Clay . Four years later , Sherman was a delegate to the Whig National Convention where the eventual winner Zachary Taylor was nominated . As with most conservative Whigs , Sherman supported the Compromise of 1850 as the best solution to the growing sectional divide . In 1852 , Sherman was again a delegate to the Whig National Convention , where he supported the eventual nominee , Winfield Scott , against rivals Daniel Webster and incumbent Millard Fillmore , who had become president following Taylor 's death
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1848 Whig National Convention
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