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Which political party ran martin van buren for president in 1848 as an anti slavery candidate apex?

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The free-spoiled party...
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Answer:

The political party that ran Martin Van Buren for president in 1848 as an anti slavery candidate was the Free Soil Party.

Step-by-step explanation:

At the 1848 presidential election, the Whig Party nominated Zachary Taylor by a large margin. Millard Fillmore was nominated as his running mate.

Among the Democrats, Lewis Cass was nominated with William Butler as vice-president.

An important part of the Democrats opposed Cass's nomination, which was seen as pro-slavery. This group of Democrats left the party convention and founded the Free Soil Party and nominated former president Martin Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams as its candidates.

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