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Revision as of 05:25, 10 November 2002 by Roadrunner (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)United States Whig Party was a political party of the United States. The party was created in order to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson and called itself the Whig Party analoguously to the English Whigs.
The party ultimately collapsed in the eve of the Civil War in response to the growing sectionalism in the nation. Northern Whigs, in particular, deserted the party in large numbers in favor of the newly formed Republican Party.
United States President, dates in office
- William Henry Harrison (1841)
- John Tyler (see note) (1841-1845)
- Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
- Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
(Note: Tyler is often listed as a Whig president. In fact he was a member of the Democratic Party, elected with Harrison on the Whig ticket. When he succeeded to the presidency, as a result, he was in accord neither with the Whigs who controlled Congress nor with the Democrats who considered him a turncoat.)