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Party over Section: The Rough and Ready Presidential Election of 1848 Entertainment_Gift_Guide and The Secret Society ofChoice Outstanding Title The presidential campaign of 1848 saw the first strong electoral challenge to the expansion of slavery in the United States; most historians consider the appearance of the Free Soil Party in that election a major turning point of the nineteenth century. The three way race capped a decade of political turmoil that had raised the issue of slavery to unprecedented prominence on the national stage and brought about critical splits