Jackson had already been nominated by several state legislatures, following the pattern of 1824 and 1828, but his worry was that the various state parties would not unite on a vice-presidential nominee.
ジャクソンは1824年や1828年のやり方に従って既に幾つかの州議会によって指名されていたが、その悩みは幾つかの州民主党が副大統領の指名では一つになれない可能性であった。