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Whig party

Whig party, one of the two major political parties of the United States in the second quarter of the 19th cent.

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Whig party: Bibliography - Bibliography See A. C. Cole, The Whig Party in the South (1913, repr. 1962); E. M. Carroll, Origins ...
Whig party: Party Successes - Party Successes In the 1836 presidential election the Whigs were not unified or strong enough to ...
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