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  2. Whig Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    During the campaign, Northern Whig leaders touted traditional Whig policies like support for infrastructure spending and increased tariff rates, [96] but Southern Whigs largely eschewed economic policy, instead emphasizing that Taylor's status as an enslaver meant that he could be trusted on the issue of slavery more so than Democratic ...

  3. History of the United States Whig Party - Wikipedia

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    As party leaders were unable to organize a presidential nominating convention, legislative caucuses in the states instead nominated candidates, resulting in the nomination of multiple Whig candidates for president. The presence of multiple Whig presidential candidates in the 1836 election was a reflection of a divided party rather than the ...

  4. Whigs (British political party) - Wikipedia

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    During the American Revolution, the Whigs were the party more sympathetic to American independence and the creation of a democracy in the United States. By 1784, both the Whigs and Tories had become formal political parties, with Charles James Fox becoming the leader of a reorganized Whig Party arrayed against William Pitt the Younger's new ...

  5. Second Party System - Wikipedia

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    The Second Party System was the political party system operating in the United States from about 1828 to early 1854, after the First Party System ended. [1] The system was characterized by rapidly rising levels of voter interest, beginning in 1828, as demonstrated by Election Day turnouts, rallies, partisan newspapers, and high degrees of personal loyalty to parties.

  6. Henry Clay - Wikipedia

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    Clay's decision not to endorse Webster opened a rift between the two Whig party leaders, and Webster would work against Clay in future presidential elections. [159] Despite the presence of multiple Whig candidates, Van Buren won the 1836 election with 50.8 percent of the popular vote and 170 of the 294 electoral votes. [160]

  7. Leaders of the British Whig Party - Wikipedia

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    Also, Cook & Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1760–1830 have no section for party leaders in either House of Parliament. The section on 'Overall Leaders' gives details of those who were either the Prime Minister or a former Prime Minister who was still in Parliament and leading the Whig Party in the House in which he sat.

  8. William Henry Harrison 1840 presidential campaign - Wikipedia

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    Clay and Webster were at the head of perhaps 5,000 Whig speakers who criss-crossed the nation in Harrison's cause. Clay was unenthusiastic about the idea of being a stump speaker, but warmed to it as he sought to boost himself to be Whig presidential candidate in 1844 (Harrison had promised to serve only one term), and spoke widely, especially ...

  9. Category:Whig Party presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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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.