The conservatives formed the Liberty Party and sought to end slavery gradually through traditional, political channels. 1844: Whigs: Henry Clay The Whigs were unanimous in their nomination of ...

to understand some present political dynamics, and brace for the future, by realizing how damaging Taylor’s candidacy — and ultimately his presidency — was for the Whig party and the nation.

In a post in the Louisiana Illuminator (1/24), Keith Edgerton says as a historian he is drawn to our past to look at parallels as he outlined the collapse of the Whig Party. He attempted to make a ...

In early 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act — a bill that ended a 30-year compromise barring the expansion of slavery in the ...

The nation faced growing conflict over slavery and westward expansion, which led to dissent within the two major political parties, the Democrats and the Whigs. Nativist cartoons from the 1840s ...

Due to his military career, William Henry Harrison became the frontrunner of the Whig Party—a new political faction assembled by opposition to Jackson. Despite his aristocratic Virginian roots, the ...

There was a mid-19th century political party in the US that was known then as one of the country’s two major parties, the other being the Democratic Party. It was the Whig Party. From the ...

And Massachusetts Whigs went with Daniel Webster (who carried ... At around this time, it became fashionable to observe that American political parties were in decline. University of California ...

Fillmore's position on the Compromise, particularly the Fugitive Slave Act, alienated the anti-slavery wing of the party and he was left to split the conservative Whig vote with Webster ...

The desire to reform in order to gain support for a political party can be seen most clearly by the actions of Benjamin Disraeli and the Tory party. His aim was to “dish the Whigs” (defeat the ...