The delegates voted again and again without giving Van Buren the number he needed.After a time, Van Buren began to lose votes.None of the names nominated seemed able to win the necessary two-thirds.

• 民主党大会一次又一次投票推选范布伦，一段时间后，范布伦的得票数开始下降了，似乎没有人能够得到所必须的三分之二票数。