In the new divisions she had followed Jackson and opposed Clay.

She was Republican as against the Federalists, she was Democratic as against the Whigs.
From the election of Jackson in 1828 to the year 1860,--a period that measured the lifetime of a generation,--she had, with very few exceptions, sustained the Democratic party.

Joseph Ritner was elected governor by the Whigs in 1835, in consequence of Democratic divisions.

Harrison, in the political convulsion of 1840, triumphed in the State by the slight majority of three hundred.

Taylor received her electoral vote, partly in consequence of dissensions between Cass and Van Buren, and partly in consequence of the free- trade opinions of Cass.