- Four Whig presidents: William Henry Harrison (1841), John Tyler (1841-1845), Zachary Taylor (1949-1850), Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
- Against territorial expansion westward
- Supported tariffs, infrastructure subsidies, national bank
- Opposed Andrew Jackson
- Henry Clay lost 1844 presidential election to James K. Polk
- Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 lead to Whig decline
- Anti-slavery Whigs joined the Republican Party
- Pro-slavery Whigs joined the Democrat Party
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Collection of facts about the Whig Party in the United States
This post is a collection of facts about the Whig party (1833-1854) in the United States. There are 8 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia