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	Whig Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Whig Party was a political party of the United States from 1834 to 1860, formed to oppose the policies of President Andrew Jackson, a Democrat, and in particular supporting the supremacy of Congress over the Executive Branch and favoring a program of modernization and economic development.
		In its early form the Whig Party was united only by opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson, especially his removal of the deposits from the Bank of the United States without the consent of Congress.
		Whig Representative Lewis Campbell of Ohio was particularly distraught by the defeat, exclaiming, "We are slayed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Whig_Party (1567 words)

	Encyclopedia: United States Whig Party
		The party was created in order to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson and called itself the Whig Party by analogy with the English Whigs, who had opposed the power of the King in Restoration England.
		In its early form the Whig Party was united only by opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson, especially his removal of the deposits from the Bank of the United States.
		By 1844 the Whigs were beginning to recover from their disaster of two years earlier and nominated Henry Clay, who lost to Democrat James K. Polk in a closely contested race, with Polk's policy of western expansion (particularly the annexation of Texas) and free trade triumphing over Clay's protectionism and caution over the Texas question.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/United-States-Whig-Party (3616 words)

	Whig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While the Whigs (along with the Tories) are often described as one of the two political parties in late 17th to mid 19th century Great Britain, it is more accurate to describe them as loose political groupings or tendencies.
		The Whigs were those who supported the exclusion of James II and VII from the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland (the "Petitioners") and the Tories were those who opposed it (the Abhorrers).
		The Whig view led to serious distortions in later views of 17th century history, as Macaulay and his followers attempted to fit the complex factional politics of the Restoration into the neat categories of early 19th century political divisions.
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	WHIG PARTY - LoveToKnow Article on WHIG PARTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During the period of rapid internal development which followed after 1815, the all-inclusive Republican party began gradually to disintegrate and a new party system was evolved, each member of which was the representative of such groups of ideas and interests, class and local, as required the support of a separate party.
		The activity of the Whig party, reckoned from the election of 1824, when its organization began, to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in 1854, covers thirty years.
		Moreover, as a means of strengthening the bond with their new allies, the Whigs learned to practise a tolerance towards the opinions and even the principles of their associates which is exceptional in the history of American political parties.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WH/WHIG_PARTY.htm (847 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 312, WHIG PARTY: Library of Economics and Liberty
		To the mass of the Adams party the struggle still seemed to be only one between two wings of the same party, and the result of the election of 1828 showed which of the two seemed the better "republicans" to the country at large.
		Taylor's death, in 1850, and Fillmore's accession, committed the northern whigs to the official policy of regarding the compromise of 1850 as a law, to be obeyed until repealed, and of opposing any attempt to repeal it as a reopening of the slavery excitement.
		At the whig caucus, April 20, 1852, to arrange for the national convention, a southern motion was made to recognize the compromise of 1850 as a "finality." The motion was evaded, as not within the powers of the meeting, but its introduction was ominous.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy1082.html (5107 words)

	Whig party. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This coalition, which later called itself the National Republican party, increased in strength after the election of Jackson in 1828 and was joined in opposition to the President by other smaller parties, the most notable being the Anti-Masonic party.
		This failure was partly a result of the sectional variations in the party, which had only one common aim, opposition to the Democrats, and partly a result of the power held by intraparty forces opposed to them, including the political bosses of New York, Thurlow Weed and William Seward.
		This move temporarily prevented a division of the party, and although Taylor died while Clay was formulating the Compromise of 1850 in Congress, Millard Fillmore, his Vice President and presidential successor, kept the faith of the Whig party.
	www.bartleby.com /65/wh/Whigpart.html (814 words)

	Whig Party (USA) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Whig Party (USA)
		In the USA, political party formed in 1832 to oppose the autocratic presidency of Andrew Jackson.
		The Whig party formed in 1832 when a coalition of anti-Jackson forces opposed President Jackson's increasing power to veto bills and to choose his cabinet.
		Southern Whigs were threatened by northern encroachment on slaveholding rights, and a significant number of northern Whigs joined the antislavery Free Soil Party.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Whig+Party+(USA) (590 words)

	United States Whig Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The party was created in order to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson and called itself the Whig Party by analogy with the English Whigss, who had opposed the power of the King in Restoration England.
		The party was initially formed in 1833-1834 as an alliance between the Northern and border state National Republican Parties, led by men like Henry Clay and Daniel Webster.
		In 1839, the Whigs held their first national convention, giving the nod to Harrison, who was elected president next year, largely as a result of the terrible state of the economy.
	www.wikiverse.org /united-states-whig-party (1051 words)

	Reader's Companion to American History - -WHIG PARTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Whig party was founded by individuals united only in their antagonism to Jackson's war on the Second Bank of the United States and his high-handed measures in waging that war and ignoring Supreme Court decisions, the Constitution, and Indian rights embodied in federal treaties.
		Detailed studies of the Whig party in the states and biographies of such Whig leaders as Clay, William Seward, Daniel Webster, and Horace Greeley reveal dissimilar policies from one state to another and important differences in the character, beliefs, and actions of the leaders.
		In Congress, Whigs supported the Second Bank of the United States, a high tariff, distribution of land revenues to the states, relief legislation to mitigate the effects of the great depression that followed the financial panics of 1837 and 1839, and federal reapportionment of House seats (a "reform" likely to enlarge Whig representation in Congress).
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_091900_whigparty.htm (1098 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: WHIG PARTY
		Antebellum political parties were held together by common interest, ideology, allegiance to a popular leader, and the desire to win political office and political power.
		Texas Whigs considered slavery a subject that should be buried because it raised tempers and held the portent of a civil war.
		When the northern wing of the party refused to bury the slavery issue, the nature of the Texas Whigs' unionism and their belief in the legality and necessity of slavery compelled them to abandon their party.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/WW/waw1.html (930 words)

	Whig Party
		The National Republican party was the precursor to the Whigs, and Jackson’s inauguration in 1829 began the period of opposition and prepared the ground for a coalition of political forces which formed the Whig Party.
		Another source of recruits was the Anti-Masonic party, strong in New York and Pennsylvania, leading many influencing politicians as William Seward and Thaddeus Stevens into the party.
		Antislavery Whigs, known as Conscience Whigs opposed the Cotton Whigs in the pro-slavery states.
	www.course-notes.org /parties/whig.htm (610 words)

	Whig Party (UK) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Whig Party (UK)
		The name was first used of rebel Covenanters and then of those who wished to exclude James II from the English succession (as a Roman Catholic).
		During the French Revolution, the Whigs demanded parliamentary reform in Britain, and from the passing of the Reform Bill in 1832 became increasingly known as Liberals.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Whig+Party+(UK) (146 words)

	Neowhig - The History of the Neo-Whig Party
		The "wigged" sobriquet stuck and the Whig Party was born, culminating in the remarkable presidency of Millard Fillmore, whose chief accomplishment in office was securing legislation to ensure that no parents would ever be allowed to name their male children Millard.
		The original Whig Party fell into abeyance in the 1850s in the aftermath of the Compromise of 1850 which we all learned about when we were in high school but immediately forgot about right after midterm exams.
		Thus, the Neo-Whig Party was born and its URL duly registered.
	www.neowhig.org /news/neowhighistory.php (429 words)

	Liberia Country Study
		Sidetracked by the Roye debacle, the True Whig Party reemerged in 1877 as the dominant political party, sweeping the elections that year that put its candidate, Anthony William Gardiner, in the presidency.
		Criticism of the True Whig Party was seen as a threat to the solidarity of the AmericoLiberian community; although freedom of speech was guaranteed by the constitution, restrictions were placed on dissent, and opposition candidates were subjected to official harassment.
		The leadership of the True Whig Party paralleled that of the Masonic Order, and it was as inconceivable for anyone to aspire to a political career who was not a lodge member as it was for someone who was not a member of the party.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1985/liberia_1_truewhigascend.htm (778 words)

	Whig Party -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Whig Party was formally organized in 1834, bringing together a loose coalition of groups united in their opposition to what party members viewed as the executive tyranny of “King Andrew” Jackson.
		Originally “Whig” and Tory”; were terms of abuse introduced in 1679 during the heated struggle over the bill to exclude James, duke of York (afterward James II), from the succession.
		In 1980, the Democratic Party was a house that was divided among the Kennedy and Carter camps.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9076767?tocId=9076767 (850 words)

	Digital History
		Although it took a number of years for Jackson’s opponents to coalesce into an effective national political organization, by the mid-1830s the Whig party, as the opposition came to be known, was able to battle the Democratic party on almost equal terms throughout the country.
		The Whig party was formed in 1834 as a coalition of National Republicans, Anti-Masons, and disgruntled Democrats, who were united by their hatred of “King Andrew” Jackson and his “usurpations” of congressional and judicial authority, came together in 1834 to form the Whig party.
		Whigs tended to be educators and professionals; manufacturers; business-oriented farmers; British and German Protestant immigrants; upwardly aspiring manual laborers; free fls; and active members of Presbyterian, Unitarian, and Congregational churches.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /database/article_display.cfm?HHID=641 (725 words)

	Getting the Message Out! The Second American Party System: The Whig Party
		What brought these disparate anti-Jackson men together in the Whig party in 1834 was their common anger at Jackson's executive order of September 1833 removing federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.
		That was what the very name "Whig," which Revolutionary patriots had also used to signify their opposition to King George III, was meant to convey, and throughout their twenty-year history, the Whig party would rail against executive actions by both presidents and governors that threatened the autonomy and power of Congress and state legislatures.
		But Whigs would also embrace the National Republicans' American System after the Panic of 1837 and advocate the positive economic legislation in states that Democrats opposed: the chartering of banks and other corporations; the liberal circulation of paper-money banknotes; and subsidization of internal improvement projects that required the issue of state bonds.
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	Whig party. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		An American political party formed in the 1830s to oppose President Andrew Jackson and the Democrats.
		Whigs stood for protective tariffs, national banking, and federal aid for internal improvements.
		The party fell into disunity in the 1850s over slavery; some former Whigs, including Abraham Lincoln, then joined the new Republican party.
	www.bartleby.com /59/11/whigparty.html (169 words)

	Welcome to The American Presidency
		Whig Senate leaders Clay and Webster, however, fearing disunion over slavery, played key roles in securing the Compromise of 1850, which included a stronger Fugitive Slave Law that offended many northern Whigs.
		In 1852 many southern Whigs defected in reaction to the party's nomination of Gen. Winfield Scott for president and the deaths of Unionists Clay and Webster.
		The bulk of the party's remaining members dispersed in 1856 to the nativist Know-Nothing party or to the rising Republican party.
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	From revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: The American Whig Party (1834-1856): The End of The Party (2/2)
		The Whig party ran, for some years, mostly in strong second place to the Democrats.
		In the 1850s when the nation became increasingly divided over slavery, a new Republican party formed, primarily to keep slavery quarantined off in the South, while Southern sentiment was for their right to move, with their way of life, into any new territory.
		The Whigs were also badly hurt by the short-lived Native American or Know-Nothing party, which was primarily anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic.
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	True Whig Party Chairman Seeks Interim Presidency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Counsellor Rudolph E. Sherman said his decision to join the race for the interim leadership lately stemmed from what he called the "forces of revengefulness, greed and ethnicity or class" that are becoming the underlying basis for people eyeing the transition.
		Sherman's True Whig Party on Tuesday July 15 issued a joint statement with the All Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP) and the Progressive People's Party (PPP)stating that Vice President Moses Gblah should finish the 'constitutional' term of the ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP).
		The statement countered a position of 13 political parties calling for the interim government that is to be formed to take over the country immediately upon the departure of Mr.
	www.theperspective.org /twpchairman.html (433 words)

	The Whig Party
		Established in 1834, the Whig Party was a reaction to the authoritarian policies of Andrew Jackson.
		In some respects the Whigs were the descendants of the old Federalist Party, supporting the Hamiltonian preference for strong federal action in dealing with national problems.
		Henry Clay and Daniel Webster were the unquestioned luminaries of the Whig Party.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h279.html (433 words)

	Whig Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Whig Party grew around groups opposed to the policies of president Andrew Jackson in the 1830s.
		The party was usually in the minority in Michigan.
		This party is documented in the papers of Peter Barbeau, George W. Germain, Darius Pierce, and the Woodbridge family.
	www.umich.edu /~bhl/bhl/mhchome/parties/whig.htm (145 words)

	Term Paper on Whig Party
		The Whig Party The Whig Party was one of most powerful political parties of its time between 1834-1856.
		Throughout the Whig party’s short history it accomplished many things, and was plagued with problems, but the Whig party left its mark in American History.
		The Whig party was a party that came from all different parties and people needed strong unified leadership to keep them together, which they did not have, and eventually led to there downfall.
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	Whig Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After capturing both the White House and Congress in 1840, the Whigs were poised to become the nation's dominant party and to enact Henry Clay's nationalistic program.
		To the extent that the party continued to exist, it commanded support only in the border states and from conservatives who refused to take sides in the sectional conflict.
		Many of the last remaining Whigs found a niche in the Know-Nothing Party during the second half of the 1850s and then backed the Constitutional Union Party as the country split apart in 1860.
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	H-Net Review: Daniel Feller on The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and ...
		His main concern is not with "underlying structures of collective political behavior, the central tenets of party ideology, or the dominant features of an era's political culture," but rather with the Whig party as an institution, an entity created for the purpose of gaining and holding political power (p.
		Since Holt frankly admires the Whigs and approves of their policies (he laments Henry Clay's failure to win nomination and election in 1840 as a national misfortune), acknowledging the element of self-interested calculation that went into fashioning the party's platform entails, for him, no censure.
		Even Edward Pessen, who dismissed party competition as a sordid struggle for pelf and power, saw the political system as "reflecting beautifully the traits of the people it served." In "background, beliefs, traits, and values," political leaders were "in accord with the spirit of the times," perfect exemplars of the grasping, materialistic society they governed.
	www2.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=25594946305208 (3254 words)

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