Whig party

Whig party
An influential and sometimes dominant American political party that began rising to prominence following the 1832 presidential election, the Whig Party would eventually disband over the issue of slavery, as bitterly divided sectional factions within the party materialized across the North and South.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


whig party
An influential and sometimes dominant American political party that began rising to prominence following the 1832 presidential election, the Whig Party would eventually disband over the issue of slavery, as bitterly divided sectional factions within the party materialized across the North and South.

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