The Whig Party was a political party that existed in the United States during the mid-19th century. Alongside the slightly larger Democratic Party, it...
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The history of the United States Whig Party lasted from the establishment of the Whig Party early in President Andrew Jackson's second term (1833–1837)...
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The Whigs were a political party in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Between the 1680s and the 1850s...
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England) Whig Party (United States), a major political party which operated from 1834 to 1856 True Whig Party, also known as the "Liberian Whig Party", Liberia's...
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The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been...
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President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the defunct National Republican Party and the defunct Whig Party. The Whigs were not...
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Anti-Masonic Party was the earliest third party in the United States. Formally a single-issue party, it strongly opposed Freemasonry in the United States. It was...
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Democrat Franklin Pierce defeated Whig nominee General Winfield Scott. A third party candidate from the Free Soil party, John P. Hale, also ran and came...
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The True Whig Party (TWP), also known as the Liberian Whig Party (LWP), is the oldest political party in Liberia and Africa as a whole. Founded in 1869...
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American Whig Party. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780231056021. OCLC 906445960. "Party Division". United States Senate. "Party Divisions...
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political parties since shortly after the founding of the republic of the United States. Since the 1850s, the two largest political parties have been...
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The Free Soil Party was a political party in the United States from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican Party. The party was focused on opposing...
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of the Whig Party defeated Senator Lewis Cass of the Democratic Party. Despite Taylor's unclear political affiliations and beliefs, and the Whig opposition...
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John Tyler (redirect from 10th President of the United States)
the United States from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket...
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threatened a sectional split in each party. Expelled by the Whig Party after vetoing key Whig legislation and lacking a firm political base, Tyler hoped...
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National Republican Party, which in turn eventually formed part of the Whig Party, which was the second major party in the United States between the 1830s...
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victory for the Democratic Party, incumbent Vice President Martin Van Buren defeated four candidates fielded by the nascent Whig Party. The 1835 Democratic...
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Zachary Taylor (redirect from 12th President of the United States)
Major General Winfield Scott, but Taylor retained his popularity. The Whig Party convinced a reluctant Taylor to lead its ticket in the 1848 presidential...
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launch a presidential campaign against the Whig and Democratic parties. The party merged into the Democratic Party during the 1844 presidential election,...
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Constitutional Union Party was a United States political party active during the 1860 elections. It consisted of conservative former Whigs, largely from the...
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Whig nominee William Henry Harrison defeated incumbent President Martin Van Buren of the Democratic Party. The election marked the first of two Whig victories...
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the Democratic-Republican Party, the National Republican Party, and the Whig Party were major parties. These six parties have nominated candidates in...
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the United States Democratic Party List of United States National Republican/Whig Party presidential tickets List of United States Republican Party presidential...
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The Federalist Party was a conservative and nationalist American political party and the first political party in the United States. It dominated the national...
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list of political parties in the United States, both past and present. The list does not include independents. The following third parties have members in...
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The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties of the United States political system and the oldest active political party in the country...
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Party divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the...
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the United States, political parties nominate one candidate each for President of the United States and for Vice President of the United States. These...
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This article lists the presidential nominating conventions of the United States Whig Party between 1839 and 1856. Note: Conventions whose nominees won the...
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Know Nothing (redirect from United States Know-Nothing Party)
United States. The Know Nothing movement briefly emerged as a major political party in the form of the American Party. The collapse of the Whig Party...
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