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Several ephemeral small parties in the United States, including the Florida Whig Party [209] and the "Modern Whig Party", [210] have adopted the Whig name. In Liberia, the True Whig Party was named in direct emulation of the American Whig Party. The True Whig Party was founded in 1869 and dominated politics in Liberia from 1878 until 1980. [211]
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia (18 P) Whig Party United States senators from Virginia (2 P) Pages in category "Virginia Whigs"
In a Whig wave, voters gave the Whig Party a House majority for the first time. Most Americans experienced the Panic of 1837 as a severe economic downturn. Its perceived mishandling by Democratic President Martin Van Buren fueled new support for alternative economic policies favored by Whigs of which voters had previously been skeptical.
Pages in category "Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
In 1838 Goggin won election as a Whig to the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia's 5th congressional district (then consisting of Bedford, Amherst, Nelson, Albemarle, Greene, Orange and Madison Counties), and also won re-election in 1841 and 1843 serving from 1839 to 1843, the latter after he unsuccessfully contested ...
Anti-Jacksonian Party, Adams-Clay Republicans Classical conservatism [70] Merged into: Whig Party: 1825 1837 Anti-Masonic Party: 1829–1839 Anti-Masonry [71] Merged into: Whig Party: 1828 1838 Nullifier Party: 1831–1839 Nullification [72] 1828 1839 Whig Party: 1837–1857 Traditionalist conservatism [73] 1833 1854 Law and Order Party of ...
On December 4, 1839, the Whig Party held its first national convention, an important milestone in its rise to political power.
John Janney (November 8, 1798 – January 5, 1872) was a member of the Whig Party in Virginia prior to its demise, delegate to the Virginia General Assembly from Loudoun County and served as President of the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861.