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The Whigs were also deeply committed to preventing executive tyranny, which they saw as an existential threat to republican self-government. [12] Whig thought was typically rooted in evangelical Christianity, as expressed in the Second Great Awakening. Many Whigs would argue that the Bible was the best of Western civilization. [151]
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]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Presidents of the United States. It includes presidents that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Presidents of the United States who were members of the Whig Party during their presidential tenure.
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, and set the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with their own administration. [10] Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is silent on ...
Became president after Harrison's death, ran for election in 1844 as nominee of Democratic Party before dropping out and endorsing Polk, the eventual winner Millard Fillmore: Zachary Taylor: 1849–1850 Became president after Taylor's death, lost nomination for Whig Party in 1852 election bid, later also ran unsuccessfully in the 1856 election
The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505544-6. Leahy, Christopher J. President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler (LSU, 2020), a major scholarly biography; excerpt also online review
American women never served in combat roles (as did some Russians), but many were eager to serve as nurses and support personnel in uniform. [70] During the course of the war, 21,498 U.S. Army nurses (American military nurses were all women then) served in military hospitals in the United States and overseas.
The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-505544-3. Shafer, Robert (2016). Carnival Campaign: How the Rollicking 1840 Campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" Changed Presidential Elections Forever (Kindle ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-61373-540-4