Whig Party

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:color blue
buff
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1856
gptkbp:founded 1833
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Whig Party
gptkbp:ideology American nationalism
economic modernization
opposition to Andrew Jackson
protectionism
gptkbp:last_presidential_candidate gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkbp:last_presidential_election_participated 1852
gptkbp:last_significant_activity 1856
gptkbp:legacy influenced American political system
influenced Republican Party
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:British_Whigs
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Daniel_Webster
gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkb:William_Henry_Harrison
gptkb:Winfield_Scott
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Jacksonian_democracy
expansion of slavery
gptkbp:political_position center-right
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:National_Republican_Party
gptkbp:president gptkb:William_Henry_Harrison
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkbp:region_of_strength gptkb:Midwest
gptkb:Upper_South
Northeast
gptkbp:split_over gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
slavery
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:American_Party
gptkb:Constitutional_Union_Party
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Second_Bank_of_the_United_States
internal improvements
protective tariffs
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkb:John_Tyler
gptkbp:won_presidential_elections 1840
1848
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Edward_Everett
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3