The presidential election campaign of 1840 saw
A. William Henry Harrison serve as the Democratic candidate.
B. the emergence of the Republican Party.
C. Martin Van Buren drop out of the presidential race.
D. Henry Clay chosen as the Whig presidential candidate.
E. the first influence of the "penny press" in politics.
Answer: E
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