Birth of the Whig Party
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Elections, Voting
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: April 14, 1834
Article abstract: The strengthening of the two-party system dramatizes sectional divisions that will lead to the Civil War.
Summary of Event
The emergence of the Whigs as a national party would have moved ahead more rapidly had there been a single overriding issue or outstanding leader to rally around. Since there was neither, the opponents of the Democrats were a hodgepodge of malcontents, an “organized incompatibility” with only one unifying theme: an undying hatred of Andrew Jackson. They disliked the seventh president of the United States, whom...
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