Whig Party

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historical political party political party

The Whig Party was a major 19th-century American political party that opposed Andrew Jackson’s Democrats and promoted congressional supremacy, economic modernization, and internal improvements.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Whig Party canonical 83
Whig Party (United States) 13
National Republican Party 7

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
color blue ⓘ
buff ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1850s ⓘ
dividedOver Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
electoralBase commercial interests ⓘ
many Protestant reformers ⓘ
urban middle class ⓘ
founded 1833 ⓘ
hadProminentLeader Daniel Webster ⓘ
Henry Clay ⓘ
Millard Fillmore ⓘ
William Henry Harrison ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ
Zachary Taylor ⓘ
hadStrongSupportIn New England ⓘ
Upper South ⓘ
border states ⓘ
historicalPeriod Jacksonian era ⓘ
surface form: Second Party System
ideology New Right ⓘ
surface form: American conservatism

classical liberalism ⓘ
economic nationalism ⓘ
namedAfter Whig Party ⓘ
surface form: British Whig Party
nominatedForPresident Henry Clay ⓘ
William Henry Harrison ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ
Zachary Taylor ⓘ
opposed Andrew Jackson ⓘ
Democratic Party ⓘ
opposedPolicy Indian Removal policies of Andrew Jackson ⓘ
Jacksonian democracy ⓘ
position center-right ⓘ
succeededBy Republican Party ⓘ
supported American System (economic plan) ⓘ
surface form: American System

congressional supremacy ⓘ
economic modernization ⓘ
federal funding for infrastructure ⓘ
internal improvements ⓘ
national bank ⓘ
protective tariffs ⓘ
supportedPolicy First Bank of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Bank of the United States

distribution of federal land revenues to states ⓘ
high tariffs ⓘ
wonPresidentialElection 1840 United States presidential election ⓘ
1848 United States presidential election ⓘ

Referenced by (121)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abraham Lincoln → previousPoliticalAffiliation → Whig Party ⓘ
Republican Party → predecessor → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig Party (United States)
Abraham → politicalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Abraham Lincoln
Edward Everett → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Democratic-Republican Party → splitInto → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Republican Party
Winfield Scott → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Winfield Scott → nominatedBy → Whig Party ⓘ
Thaddeus Stevens → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Free Soil Party → formedFrom → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: anti-slavery Whigs
Thomas Ewing → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
John Quincy Adams → politicalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Republican Party
The Great Commoner → referentPoliticalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig
Charles Sumner → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
David Barton → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Republican Party
William Henry Harrison → politicalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Henry Winter Davis → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
William H. Seward → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Andrew Jackson presidential election → hasPartyOfLoser → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Republican Party (United States)
John Marshall Harlan → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
English Whigs → influenced → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Whigs
Horace Greeley → politicalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Horace Mann → memberOf → Whig Party ⓘ
Ninian Edwards → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Republican Party
Henry Clay → politicalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Republican Party
Henry Clay → politicalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Henry Clay → movement → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig Party leadership
Alexander H. Stephens → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
William Cadogan → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Independent Treasury System → opposedBy → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig Party leaders
United States presidential election of 1832 → runnerUpParty → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Republican Party
Daniel Webster → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Republican Party
Daniel Webster → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
1848 United States presidential election → winningParty → Whig Party ⓘ
1848 United States presidential election → party → Whig Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Zachary Taylor
1848 United States presidential election → party → Whig Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Millard Fillmore
Schuyler Colfax → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Millard Fillmore → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Adams family → hasPoliticalAffiliation → Whig Party ⓘ
John Tyler → politicalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Zachary Taylor → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
American System (economic plan) → associatedWith → Whig Party ⓘ
Abbott Lawrence → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
1852 United States presidential election → opponentParty → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig Party (United States)
1852 United States presidential election → incumbentParty → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig Party (United States)
1840 United States presidential election → winnerParty → Whig Party ⓘ
1840 United States presidential election → turningPointFor → Whig Party ⓘ
Henry Wilson → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Benjamin Wade → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Edward Dickinson → memberOf → Whig Party ⓘ
Edward Dickinson Baker → previousPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ