the Whig Party

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Second_Party_System
gptkb:American_System
gptkbp:color gptkb:blue
gptkb:gold
gptkbp:decline internal divisions
slavery issue
gptkbp:dissolved 1856
gptkbp:election_year 1840
1848
1852
gptkbp:founded 1833
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:John_Tyler
gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur
gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:West
Midwest
Northeast
major political force in the 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Whig Party
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Liberty_Party
gptkb:Anti-Masonic_Party
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Jacksonian_democracy
gptkbp:last_presidential_election 1856
gptkbp:legacy influenced modern Republican Party
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Daniel_Webster
gptkb:William_H._Harrison
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:notable_nominees gptkb:Election_of_1848
gptkb:Election_of_1840
gptkb:Election_of_1852
gptkbp:platform support for infrastructure
support for a national bank
support for tariffs
gptkbp:political_ideology classical liberalism
economic protectionism
gptkbp:political_position center-right
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Federalist_Party
gptkbp:president gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:symbol log cabin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:William_H._Harrison
gptkb:John_Quincy_Adams
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3