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Whig Party: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 1834 - 1854
Areas Of Involvement States’ rights • protective tariff
Related People Abraham Lincoln • Henry Clay • Daniel Webster • William Henry Harrison • John Tyler • Zachary Taylor • Millard Fillmore • Thomas Ewing • Thaddeus Stevens • William H. Seward • Robert A. Toombs • Winfield Scott • Davy Crockett • Benjamin F. Wade • Hamilton Fish

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