Old-Line Whig Party

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Anti-Masonic_Party
gptkb:Know_Nothing_Party
gptkb:Free_Soil_Party
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:National_Republican_Party
gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkb:Second_Party_System
gptkb:American_System
gptkbp:color gptkb:Blue
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1854
gptkbp:election_year gptkb:1852_United_States_presidential_election
gptkb:1840_United_States_presidential_election
gptkb:1848_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:founded 1834
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:historical_significance Influence on modern Republican Party
Legacy in American political history
Coalition of various interests
Decline due to sectionalism
Development of American political parties
Opposition to Jacksonian Democracy
Role in antebellum politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Old-Line Whig Party
gptkbp:key_event gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkb:Election_of_1848
gptkb:Compromise_of_1850
gptkb:Election_of_1840
gptkb:Election_of_1852
Formation of the party
Formation of the Republican Party
Decline and dissolution
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Daniel_Webster
gptkb:William_H._Harrison
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:platform Infrastructure development
Opposition to the expansion of slavery
Economic modernization
Internal improvements
Protective tariffs
gptkbp:political_ideology Conservatism
gptkbp:political_position Center-right
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Democratic-Republican_Party
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Log_Cabin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4