Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846

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event in 19th-century American economic policy event in United States political history political decision vice-presidential tie-breaking vote

Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846 refers to George M. Dallas’s politically consequential decision as U.S. vice president to cast the tie-breaking Senate vote that secured passage of the low-tariff Walker Tariff, reshaping mid-19th-century American trade policy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in 19th-century American economic policy ⓘ event in United States political history ⓘ political decision ⓘ vice-presidential tie-breaking vote ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
chronologicallyFollows	Tariff of 1842 debates ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes	Tariff of 1857 debates ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
decisionMaker	George M. Dallas ⓘ
describedBySource	Congressional Record ⓘ surface form: United States Senate historical records biographies of George M. Dallas ⓘ
economicContext	debate over revenue needs versus industrial protection in the United States ⓘ expanding international trade in the mid-19th century ⓘ
hasCause	Democratic Party commitment to lower tariffs ⓘ James K. Polk’s campaign promises for tariff reduction ⓘ Robert J. Walker’s advocacy of a low-revenue tariff system ⓘ tie vote in the United States Senate on the Walker Tariff bill ⓘ
hasEffect	contribution to the decline of George M. Dallas’s future presidential prospects ⓘ damage to George M. Dallas’s political standing in his home state of Pennsylvania ⓘ increased opposition among Northern and Mid-Atlantic protectionists ⓘ increased satisfaction among Southern and Western free-trade advocates ⓘ passage of the Walker Tariff of 1846 ⓘ political backlash in protectionist regions such as Pennsylvania ⓘ realignment of sectional interests over tariff policy ⓘ reduction of United States tariff rates ⓘ shift toward revenue tariffs rather than protective tariffs in the United States ⓘ strengthening of free-trade policies in mid-19th-century United States ⓘ weakening of high-tariff protectionist policy in the United States ⓘ
hasLocation	Senate chamber ⓘ surface form: United States Senate chamber
hasParticipant	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States) George M. Dallas ⓘ James K. Polk ⓘ surface form: James K. Polk administration United States Senate ⓘ
involves	Walker Tariff of 1846 ⓘ tie-breaking vote of the vice president of the United States ⓘ
legalOutcome	enactment of the Walker Tariff as federal law ⓘ
officeHeldByDecisionMaker	Vice President of the United States ⓘ
opposedPolicy	high protective tariff policy ⓘ
partOf	mid-19th-century United States tariff controversies ⓘ tariff debates in the 29th United States Congress ⓘ
pointInTime	1846 ⓘ July 1846 ⓘ
politicalContext	Democratic Party dominance in the 1840s ⓘ sectional conflict over economic policy in the antebellum United States ⓘ
relatedTo	James K. Polk ⓘ Robert J. Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Tariff of 1842 debates ⓘ surface form: Tariff of 1842 Tariff of 1857 ⓘ
supportedPolicy	low-tariff trade policy ⓘ

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