Van Buren had a majority of the votes, but could not secure the necessary two thirds, and finally James K.Polk was unanimously nominated.

This news was instantly flashed to Washington by the telegraph and was received with mingled feelings of enthusiasm, disappointment, and wonder, and not believed by many until confirmed by the arrival of the mail.
The convention then nominated Van Buren's friend, Senator Silas Wright, of New York, for the Vice-Presidency.

This news, too, was immediately sent by wire to Washington.

Morse at once informed Mr.Wright, who was in the Capitol at the time, of his nomination, but he refused to accept it, and Morse wired his refusal to Vail in Baltimore, and it was read to the convention only a few moments after the nomination had been made.

This was too much for the credulity of the assembly, and they adjourned till the following day and sent a committee to Washington to verify the dispatch.