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  2. History of the United States Whig Party - Wikipedia

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    William Henry Harrison, a two-time presidential candidate who became the first Whig president in 1841 but died just one month into office. Early successes in various states made many Whigs optimistic about victory in 1836, but an improving economy bolstered Van Buren's standing ahead of the election. [27]

  3. Whig Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    John Quincy Adams, the 6th president, became a Whig congressman later in his career. During the 1790s, the first major U.S. parties arose in the form of the Federalist Party, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the Democratic-Republican Party, led by Thomas Jefferson. After 1815, the Democratic-Republicans emerged as the sole major party at the ...

  4. William Henry Harrison - Wikipedia

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    Harrison was the western Whig candidate for president in 1836, one of four regional Whig party candidates. The others were Daniel Webster, Hugh L. White, and Willie P. Mangum. More than one Whig candidate emerged in an effort to defeat the incumbent Vice President Martin Van Buren, who was the popular Jackson-chosen Democrat. [90]

  5. John Tyler - Wikipedia

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    This practice, designed to protect Clay from having a successful incumbent president as a rival for the Whig nomination in 1844, became known as "heading Captain Tyler", a term coined by Whig Representative John Minor Botts of Virginia. Tyler proposed an alternative fiscal plan known as the "Exchequer", but Clay's friends who controlled the ...

  6. Millard Fillmore - Wikipedia

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    Taylor's uncertain political views gave others pause: his career in the Army had prevented him from ever casting a ballot for president though he stated that he was a Whig supporter. Some feared that they might elect another Tyler, or another Harrison. [64] Taylor (left) – Fillmore campaign banner by Nathaniel Currier

  7. William Henry Harrison 1840 presidential campaign - Wikipedia

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    A regional Whig candidate for the White House in 1836, he finished second to Van Buren and did not stop running for president until he won the office four years later. One of three presidential candidates at the December 1839 Whig National Convention , Harrison gained the nomination over Henry Clay and General Winfield Scott on the fifth ballot.

  8. 1840 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Van Buren's loss made him the third president to lose re-election. The Whigs did not enjoy the benefits of victory. The 67-year-old Harrison, the oldest U.S. president elected until Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election, died a little more than a month after inauguration. Harrison was succeeded by John Tyler, who unexpectedly proved not to be a Whig.

  9. Category : Whig Party presidents of the United States

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    Presidents of the United States who were members of the Whig Party during their presidential tenure. Pages in category "Whig Party presidents of the United States" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.