the Whigs

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decline after 1852
gptkbp:dissolved 1854
gptkbp:election_result 1840 presidential election
1848 presidential election
gptkbp:founded 1834
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Second_Party_System
gptkbp:historical_significance Midwest
Northeast
some Southern states
first major opposition party in the U. S.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Whigs
gptkbp:influence_on gptkb:modern_American_conservatism
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Horace_Greeley
gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:Sir_Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison
gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:John_Tyler
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur
gptkb:George_H._W._Bush
gptkb:George_M._Dallas
gptkb:Warren_Harding
gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
gptkbp:key_issues infrastructure development
economic protectionism
opposition to the expansion of slavery
support for the American System
gptkbp:legacy influence on Republican Party
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Anti-Masonic_Party
gptkb:Know_Nothing_Party
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Daniel_Webster
gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkb:William_H._Harrison
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:notable_nominees gptkb:1844_presidential_election
1852 presidential election
1850 congressional elections
gptkbp:platform support for a national bank
support for internal improvements
support for tariffs
gptkbp:political_ideology classical liberalism
gptkbp:political_position center-right
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Federalist_Party
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:symbol the log cabin
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:1848_national_convention
1852 national convention
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_II
gptkb:Queen_Caroline
gptkb:William_III
gptkb:the_Commonwealth_of_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5