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Thread on the 1850s. Walker had the Pierce Admin & Buchanan campaign on his side - the 1856 Democratic platform endorsed his conquest of Nicaragua - but he made an enemy of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was richer, more powerful & way more vindictive than the federal government.https://twitter.com/tedfrank/status/1128676332563587073 …
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Walker is better known for allying himself with Vanderbilt and conquering and holding Nicaragua for a year before his army ran afoul of Vanderbilt and cholera. A hung jury voted 10-2 to acquit Walker, who the Hondurans executed in 1860 upon his fourth attempt to invade Nicaragua.
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