The Campaign of 1852 left the Whig party overthrown and prostrate. In such a condition of utter political bankruptcy were we, that many gravely insisted we should never "resume," while others ...

Throughout the early days of Arkansas' statehood leading up to the Civil War, a powerful group of Democrats known as the "The ...

The Republicans became a major party in the middle of the 18th century with the demise of the Whig Party. Since then the two-party system has not changed with the Democrats and Republicans ...

The Whig Party formed out of the National Republican Party, the leaders of which were John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. They were nationalists, supported internal improvements and moral reforms ...

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 ...

Again the president is harking back to a long-ago past, when the Republican Party was the party of protectionism—and when its forerunner Whig Party ... Another major theme of the speech is ...

A woman's unusual party theme has taken the internet by storm, leaving viewers in stitches. Sarah (@sarahaayyy) hosted an "ugly shoe party," where guests were encouraged to don their most hideous ...

Tyler, who supported states’ rights over federal power, was largely at odds with the nationalistic policies of his adopted Whig Party. He was rejected as the party’s candidate in 1844. Challenges: ...

The author of Quincy’s latest Big Read book says he wasn’t thinking about the extinction of the human race when he set out to write “The Bear.” ...

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The new Dutch government dominated by the far-right party of Geert Wilders has officially asked the European Union for an ...