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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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]

  4. Justin Trudeau - Wikipedia

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    On April 14, 1972, Trudeau's father and mother hosted a gala at the National Arts Centre, at which visiting U.S. president Richard Nixon said, "I'd like to toast the future prime minister of Canada, to Justin Pierre Trudeau" to which Pierre Trudeau responded that should his son ever assume the role, he hoped he would have "the grace and skill ...

  5. Durham Report - Wikipedia

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    The Report on the Affairs of British North America, [1] (French: Rapport sur les affaires de l’Amérique du Nord britannique, 1839) commonly known as the Durham Report or Lord Durham's Report, is an important document in the history of Quebec, Ontario, Canada and the British Empire.

  6. Category : Whig Party presidents of the United States

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  7. History of the United States (1815–1849) - Wikipedia

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    Scott became the last Whig candidate for president in 1852, and he lost badly. With Texas and Florida having been admitted to the union as slave states in 1845, California was entered as a free state in 1850 after its state convention unanimously voted to ban slavery.

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  9. Whig history - Wikipedia

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    While Macaulay was a popular and celebrated historian of the whig school, his work did not feature in Butterfield's 1931 Whig Interpretation of History. [28] According to Ernst Breisach, "his style captivated the public as did his good sense of the past and firm whiggish convictions". [39]