As expected, Clay was chosen as the Whig Party's candidate for President. But Van Buren was given a surprise.
He was opposed by several candidates, all of the new Whig Party.
The Whig Party chose him as its vice presidential candidate in the election of eighteen forty-eight. He served as vice president for about a year and a half before the death of President Taylor.
The opposition Whig Party was happy over these developments. It saw an excellent chance to win the next presidential election.
