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Whig campaign broadside A Whig campaign broadside, with text “A brief sketch of the principal events in the lives of William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler…” written by Benjamin Owen Tyler, 1840.

Whig Party

historical American political party
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Whig Party, in U.S. history, major political party active in the period 1834–54 that espoused a program of national development but foundered on the rising tide of sectional antagonism. The Whig Party was formally organized in 1834, bringing together a loose coalition of groups united in their opposition to what party members viewed as the executive tyranny of “King Andrew” Jackson. They borrowed the name Whig from the British party opposed to royal prerogatives. Jackson...

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