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 ...

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 ...

The main parallel begins with Zachary Taylor’s converting his fame as a Mexican-American War hero into commandeering the Whig Party — despite boasting about never having voted before.

Nerves filled all four floors of Whig Hall as the results of the election were broadcast live to the room during the Whig-Clio’s election night watch party. The event, hosted by Whig-Clio and Vote 100 ...

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Though the vice presidency is often viewed as a potential stepping stone to the presidency, only 15 individuals in US history ...

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 USA will elect its next president – using a system that was devised more than 200 years ago. It can produce grotesque ...

It’s too damaging. Baker pressed Cheney as to whether there might need to be a “new party” much as the GOP was “born out of ...

Police say a man has been stabbed to death in a New York City subway station. The NYPD says the 54-year-old man was found ...