The Whig Party was a mid-19th century political party in the United States. [14] Alongside the Democratic Party, it was one of two major parties between the late 1830s and the early 1850s and part of the Second Party System. [15]

2024年12月21日 · The Whig Party was a major political party active in the period 1834–54 in the U.S. It was organized to bring together a loose coalition of groups united in their opposition to what party members viewed as the executive tyranny of “King Andrew” Jackson.

2009年11月6日 · The Whig Party was a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of President Andrew Jackson and his Jacksonian Democrats. Led by Henry Clay, the name “Whigs” was derived from the English...

For state politics see Whig Party (United States). The Whigs emerged in the 1830s in opposition to President Andrew Jackson, pulling together former members of the National Republican Party, the Anti-Masonic Party, and disaffected Democrats.

2021年1月8日 · In the mid-19th-century, the two most powerful political parties in the United States were the Democrats and the Whigs. In two presidential elections, 1840 and 1848, Americans voted a...

2020年12月4日 · The Whig Party was an early American political party active from the 1830s to the 1860s. The Whig Party was formed to oppose the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. Whigs favored a strong Congress, a modernized national banking system, and conservative fiscal policy.

2024年9月2日 · In the 1830s, the Whig Party evolved to counterbalance the rise of Jacksonian populism under Democratic President Andrew Jackson. This new party was a distant descendant of the Federalist Party and sought economic modernization, a national …

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1832 to 1856, the party was formed to oppose the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party.

The Whig Party was a political party in the United States active during the mid-19th century, formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party.

The Whig Party was a major political player in the United States from 1834 to 1854. Its members were originally united by their opposition to President Andrew Jackson--in their minds a tyrant, whom they'd nicknamed "King Andrew."