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1848 Whig National Convention. The Whigs nominated Millard Fillmore of New York, a pro-Clay Northerner, for vice president. Anti-slavery Northern Whigs disaffected...

Kingdom. Between the 1680s and the 1850s, the Whigs contested power with their rivals, the Tories. The Whigs became the Liberal Party when the faction merged...

British Whig party Radical Whigs, a faction of British Whigs associated with the American Revolution Patriot Whigs or Patriot Party, a Whig faction A...

the Afghan Whigs ever rehearsed was a cover of the Temptations' "Psychedelic Shack". Dulli later described the intent behind the Afghan Whigs was to exist...

seventeen other Whigs joined with the Tory Party in attacks against the ministry. By the mid-1730s, there were over one hundred opposition Whigs in the Commons...

the term "Whig history" in his short but influential book The Whig Interpretation of History (1931). It takes its name from the British Whigs, advocates...

Foxite Patriot (American Revolution) Patriot Whigs Philosophic Whigs Political radicalism Radical movement Whig (disambiguation) Middlekauff 2005, p. 51....

only for Catholics (which at the time the Whigs also opposed) but also for dissenting Protestants (which the Whigs supported). Their religious politics were...

The Rockingham Whigs (or Rockinghamites) in 18th-century British politics were a faction of the Whigs led by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of...

article lists the presidential nominating conventions of the United States Whig Party between 1839 and 1856. Note: Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent...

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Scott strained Whig Party unity as his anti-slavery reputation gravely damaged his campaign in the South. A group of Southern Whigs and a separate group...

The Philosophic Whigs were a significant grouping in the nineteenth century Whig party, who drew on the ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment to bring the...

alliance. Whigs felt confident that Clay could duplicate Harrison's landslide victory of 1840 against any opposition candidate. Southern Whigs feared that...

Cornhill, 1682) Whig history – Approach to historiography Patriot Whigs – British political faction Radical Whigs Rockingham Whigs True Whig Party – Political...

Senator Henry Clay and other Whig politicians and left Tyler estranged from both major political parties at the time: the Whigs and the Democrats. Tyler was...

likely to share her Anglican religious views than their opponents, the Whigs. The Whigs grew more powerful during the course of the War of the Spanish Succession...

Patriots (also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs) were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's...

Peel, whilst the Whigs emphasised reforming the import duties on corn, replacing the existing sliding scale with a uniform rate. The Whig position lost them...

the Democrats an electoral majority, the Whigs ran multiple candidates. Most Northern and border state Whigs supported the ticket led by former Senator...

"Awa Whigs Awa" is a Scottish song whose theme is the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Written well after the events it commemorates, it is not...

rematch in American history. In 1839, the Whigs held a national convention for the first time. The 1839 Whig National Convention saw 1836 nominee William...

earlier proposal. The Whig Party became badly split between pro-Compromise Whigs like Fillmore and Webster and anti-Compromise Whigs like William Seward...

the 1848 Whig National Convention nominated the popular general over party stalwarts Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. For vice president, the Whigs nominated...

is the third studio album by American alternative rock band The Afghan Whigs. It was released on January 31, 1992, by Sub Pop and followed two years...

strong backing of Southern Whigs. However, his enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 had alienated many Northern Whigs, who supported either Scott...

This is the discography for the Afghan Whigs. "Artist Chart History - Screaming Trees". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-06-24. "Black Love". ultratop.be. Archived...

strengthened their majority as the Whigs lost 23 seats in the House and 2 seats in the Senate. In 1852, the Whigs lost another 14 House seats and one...

alignments. The Whig coalition disintegrated after 1852; most northern Whigs eventually joined the new Republican Party, while southern Whigs divided among...

Afghan Whigs – 1965". NME. London. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved August 6, 2012. Ankeny, Jason. "1965 – The Afghan Whigs". AllMusic...

order to preserve their party, Whigs would need to stand squarely against acquiring a new slave state. As such, Whigs were content to restrict their 1844...

American Whig may refer to: Patriot (American Revolution), in 18th-century America Whig Party (United States), in 19th-century America British Whig This disambiguation...

advocated in government. In the 1730s a fresh group of Whigs split off to form the Patriot Whigs, and established a working alliance with the Tories. In...

a Whig government may refer to the following British governments administered by the Whigs: Whig Junto, a name given to a group of leading Whigs who...

Whig defeat in the 1852 presidential election. The Whigs collapsed following the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act in 1854, with most Northern Whigs...

The Whig Junto is the name given to a group of leading Whigs who were seen to direct the management of the Whig Party and often the government, during...

as a side project during a hiatus from his group The Afghan Whigs. After the Afghan Whigs disbanded, Dulli used The Twilight Singers as his own artistic...

provides a list of United Kingdom Whig and allied party leaders from 1801 to 1859. During the 19th century, the Whigs, Radicals and Peelites gradually...

Clinch – photography "The Afghan Whigs – Black Love (1996, CD)". Discogs. 1996. Strauss, Neil (February 2, 1998). "Afghan Whigs: Black Love : Music Reviews"...

"Pro-Slavery" Whigs and Know Nothings Including 54 Whigs, 22 Anti-Nebraska, 9 People's, 1 Free Soil Democrat, and 1 Independent Whig. Including: Outgoing:...

a necessity to defeat the Whigs. In 1854, the Republican Party was founded as a national party, but in New York the Whigs and the Anti-Nebraska Party...

Me" (radio edit) (2014) New West Records "The Whigs - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-09-18. "THE WHIGS - Athens, GA;". Relix - The Magazine For Music...

The Whig Party is a political party in England which is intended to be a revival of the Whigs that existed in the United Kingdom from 1678 to 1868. The...

Afghan Whigs announced that they were reuniting, the first time the band had been together since recording two songs in 2006 for the Afghan Whigs compilation...

had replaced the Whigs as the main opposition to the Democrats in most Northern states. The nativist American Party displaced the Whigs in the remaining...

Afghan Whigs: Gentlemen". NME. p. 39. "The Afghan Whigs: Gentlemen". Q. No. 119. August 1996. p. 132. Diehl, Matt (January 27, 1994). "Afghan Whigs: Gentlemen"...

Representatives when the Whigs took control of the chamber in 1841, but was made chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Defeated in bids for the Whig nomination...

2010. Archived from the original on October 19, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2012. "The Whigs". The Whigs. Retrieved February 24, 2012. Official website...

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1846 and the consequent end of Sir Robert Peel's second government, the Whigs came to power under Lord John Russell. Sir Charles Wood became Chancellor...

and Whigs, marking a significant shift in British politics, with the Conservatives increasingly representing the rural aristocracy and the Whigs the urban...

appointed by the prime minister. The young queen was so attached to her Whig ladies of the bedchamber that after Melbourne's resignation in 1839, she...

Constitutional Whig, Daily Richmond Whig, Daily Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser, Evening Whig, Richmond Daily Whig, Richmond Weekly Whig, Richmond Whig & Commercial...

2017). "In Spades – The Afghan Whigs". AllMusic. Retrieved May 6, 2017. Berman, Stuart (May 5, 2017). "The Afghan Whigs: In Spades Album Review". Pitchfork...

new "Taylor party" that would supplant the Whigs as the major opposition to the Democrats. Catastrophic Whigs losses in state and congressional elections...

factions, known as the "Old Corps Whigs" (led by the Duke of Newcastle in the 1750s and early 1760s), the "Rockingham Whigs" (who had supported the Marquess...

century the Whigs, a liberal faction, had begun to rise in influence. As the parties struggled for power in Parliament, tensions rose. When the Whig Party continued...

The Walpole ministry was led by Whig Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, from 1730 to 1742—when Walpole left the government. 1734 British...

conservative Old Whigs and radical New Whigs. However, after the leading Whig Charles James Fox publicly denounced it, no fellow Whigs came out openly...

across constituencies. The Whigs won an overall majority of 224 seats, 67%, the Tories 27%, and the Repeal Association 6%. The Whigs won 67% of the vote, the...

The Whig government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in November 1830 and ended in November 1834 consisted of two ministries:...

The Whigs was signed to their current record label, Dave Matthews' ATO, in 2006. He has been featured in Drum Magazine and Modern Drummer. The Whigs were...

Conservative Party remained protectionist. The Peelites later merged with the Whigs and Radicals to form the Liberal Party in 1859. The Peelites were characterised...

specifically, the Whigs won 15 seats (11 uncontested), against 17 (11 uncontested) for the Conservatives, a shift of 3 seats from Whigs to Conservatives...

invited a section of the Whigs, including Lansdowne to join a coalition ministry with the Canningite faction of the Tories. Other Whigs, like Earl Grey, remained...

Winfield Scott, a hero of the War of 1812; and Senator Henry Clay, the Whigs' congressional and philosophical leader. With Southern delegates united...

Marlborough turned for support to the "Country" Whigs, led by Speaker Robert Harley. Not long after, the Whig complexion of the ministry grew, as Godolphin...

of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large majority. Under the terms of the Lichfield House Compact the Whigs had entered into an electoral...

truly filthy when Tories battled Whigs". The Times. Retrieved 4 October 2025. Stanley, Tim (30 August 2025). "Whigs vs Tories – how English politics was...

behind Harrison. Whigs presented Harrison as the antithesis of the president, whom they derided as ineffective, corrupt, and effete. Whigs also depicted...

the Whig Party newly organizing, the closely divided House, in which Anti-Masons, Nullifiers, and the Independent tended to align more with Whigs and...

The Independent Whig was an eighteenth century British periodical written by John Trenchard, Thomas Gordon and a Anthony Collins. The first two "editions"...

Sharon. "The Afghan Whigs - How Do You Burn?". Uncut. Retrieved September 25, 2022. Beaumont, Mark (September 9, 2022). "Afghan Whigs: still mixing psychedelic...

Panic of 1837, the Whigs became the fourth party in history to win control of the presidency and both houses of Congress; the Whigs would never again accomplish...

resolutions as unpatriotic; some Whigs cautioned that criticism of the war would hurt the Whigs politically. The Whigs would later nominate Zachary Taylor...

rival for the Whig nomination. As Taylor commanded the support of most Southern Whigs, Clay focused his efforts on courting Northern Whigs, emphasizing...

Whigs presented a united front in opposition to "Van Burenism." Alongside Governor Everett, the campaign was led by Senator Daniel Webster, who Whigs...

shifting to Democrats holding seven seats and Whigs having six seats (a net gain of 1 seat for Whigs). Whig Councilor John D. Elbert was chosen as the President...

and Rumba Shaker. In the Dark - The Whigs, 2010 Enjoy the Company - The Whigs, 2012 Modern Creation - The Whigs, 2014 South of Nowhere - Spanish Gold...

Taylor had been courted by both the Democrats and the Whigs, but ultimately declared himself a Whig. The platform adopted largely consisted of praise for...

leading congressional Whig. During the Mexican–American War, he emerged as a leader of the "Cotton Whigs", a faction of Northern Whigs that emphasized good...

was organized by the authorities in which the Whigs and Tories could vote in separate buildings. The Whigs then secured both seats in what was otherwise...

Democrats held a majority with seven seats to Whigs' six seats. To claim a majority of seats, the Whigs needed to net one seat from Democrats. Democrats...

Whigs. Whig dominance grew to be so great under George that the Tories did not return to power for another half-century. After the election, the Whig-dominated...

strongest among former Unionist Whigs. States-rightist Whigs shunned it, enabling the Democrats to win most of the South. Whigs supported the American Party...

composed of Democrats and the other of Whigs, arrived and both requested to be seated as members. Charging the Whigs with election fraud and facing loss...

almost entirely composed of Whigs, as they were responsible for securing his succession. The election of 1715 saw the Whigs win an overwhelming majority...

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a British Whig statesman and magnate, most notable for his two terms as Prime Minister of Great Britain. He became the patron of many Whigs, known as...

looking at subsequent voting on key issues. 174 members are identified as Whigs, and 151 as Tories. The remaining members, around 190, are considered uncommitted...

King William IV and the accession of Queen Victoria. The election saw the Whigs secure their fourth consecutive victory, though the Conservatives, led by...

service. Both Hanoverian Whigs and Hanoverian Tories were targeted. In the matter of the ongoing War of Spanish Succession, pro-war Whigs joined forces with...

failed to appoint a new Whig administration. Instead, he asked the Whigs to join the existing ministry under Perceval. The Whigs, however, refused to co-operate...

this exclusion, while the "Country Party", who were soon to be called the Whigs, supported it. While the matter of James's exclusion was not decided in...

2021 66 (album), a 2024 album by Paul Weller "66", a song by the Afghan Whigs, from the album 1965 Sixty-Six (card game), a German card game Sixty Six...

have a similar level of prominent founders, leaving Whigs to remain with their 1769 founding. "Whig and Clio Debating and Literary Societies". Princetoniana...

with the Whigs, an anti-Royalist group within the Covenanter movement, and had refused to take an oath of allegiance to the new king. The Whigs were imprisoned...

England and Scotland. The election saw the Whigs gain a majority in the House of Commons, and by November the Whig-dominated parliament had succeeded in pressuring...

the Whig Party sometimes sought to ingratiate itself with abolitionists, the influence of southern nullifiers and proslavery northern Cotton Whigs prevented...

(Baron Cirencester). He was the leader of the Portland Whigs faction, which broke with the Whig leadership of Charles James Fox and joined with William...

was used by the Whigs to discredit the Tories and paint them as traitors. After the advent of the Prime Ministerial system under the Whig Robert Walpole...

Wigger, also wigga, whigger and whigga, is a term for white people who emulate the mannerisms, language, and fashions that are generally stereotypically...

Up in It is the second album by the Afghan Whigs, released in 1990 via Sub Pop. They were the label's second signing from outside the Pacific Northwest...

century who drew on earlier ideas of radicalism and helped to transform the Whigs into the Liberal Party. The Radical movement arose in the late 18th century...

vice president on the Whig Party ticket in 1840. His policy priorities as president soon proved to be opposed to most of the Whig agenda, and he was expelled...

reign of Queen Anne. They were in power at the time they sat for Baker. The Whigs had vigorously prosecuted the War of the Spanish Succession against France...

The Grenville Whigs (or Grenvillites) were a name given to several British political factions of the 18th and the early 19th centuries, all of which were...

1854, the Whigs collapsed due to divisions over slavery. Many Northern Whigs shifted to the new Republican Party, while many Southern Whigs joined the...

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government, allowing the Whigs to return to power. Peel's party was bolstered by the adherence of a number of dissident Whigs associated with the Derby...

a local attorney, suggested Brownlow publish a newspaper to support the Whigs in the upcoming elections. Brownlow formed a partnership with Mason R. Lyon...

when The Afghan Whigs used to open for the Royal Crescent Mob, Happy has often lent his talents to Greg Dulli's projects The Afghan Whigs and The Twilight...

distraught young Queen Victoria, whose political sympathies were with the Whigs, first asked the Duke of Wellington, a former Tory prime minister, to form...

supported a petitioning campaign in favour of the Exclusion Bill—were called Whigs (after a term for rebellious Scottish Presbyterians). Fearing that the Exclusion...

government Whigs over licensing issues, and may have selected it because its plot subtly allowed them to demonstrate sympathy with the opposition Whigs led by...

demise of his party, Lincoln wrote in 1855, "I think I am a whig; but others say there are no whigs, and that I am an abolitionist.... I now do no more than...

turning a commanding Whig majority into a dominant Democratic majority. In the Senate, Democrats picked up one seat, but Whigs retained the majority...

defunct Whig Party. The Whigs were not a direct continuation of the National Republican Party, but most former National Republicans did join the Whigs in the...

unnecessary. There was no party platform; most Whigs did not favor binding candidates to a legislative plan. If the Whigs did not leave Harrisburg completely united...

Moon Maan is the solo project of Rick McCollum of The Afghan Whigs. Moon Maan debuted at SXSW in 2004 and has a rotating cast of musicians, most notably...

Twilight Singers, projects started by Whigs frontman Greg Dulli. In addition to performing with the Afghan Whigs, Gutter Twins, and Twilight Singers, Rosser...

Whigs won the presidency, but the Democrats won a plurality in the House and retained control of the Senate. In the presidential election, the Whig General...

out of the Whigs, who had their origins in an aristocratic faction in the reign of Charles II, and the early 19th century Radicals. The Whigs were in favour...

the Whig Party, which succeeded the National Republican Party in the Second Party System as the primary opposition to the Democratic Party. The Whigs chose...

disastrously. Although the Whigs were William's strongest supporters, he initially favoured a policy of balance between the Whigs and Tories. George Savile...

Mentor Johnson for president in 1836 as well as the united support of the Whigs. Whigs interpreted Noble's victory as foreshadowing the defeat of Martin Van...

the 1713 British general election he was returned as Whig MP for East Grinstead and when the Whigs took power in 1715 he was hopeful that he would enter...

targeted Hunt specifically. Antislavery Whigs denounced the meeting as a transparent attempt to divide the Whig Party and elect Seymour under the guise...

John Young was not nominated for a second term in office by the Whig Party. The Whig nomination went to Hamilton Fish, who won the general election over...

conservative faction of the Whig Party, which he dubbed the Old Whigs as opposed to the pro-French Revolution New Whigs led by Charles James Fox. Burke...

perceived as favouring Tory ministers, which led to his denunciation by the Whigs as an autocrat. On his accession, the Crown lands produced relatively little...

in the state. In total, the state was divided among the Everett Whigs, Armstrong Whigs, Everett Anti-Masons, Van Buren Anti-Masons, "integrant" Van Buren...

Lord Palmerston, of the Whigs, first formed a government by popular demand in 1855, after the resignation of the Aberdeen Coalition. Initially, the government...

general election the Whigs were defeated. Peel became prime minister, and the ladies of the bedchamber most associated with the Whigs were replaced. In 1845...

Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen, as William attempted to balance the Whigs to whom he owed his initial success with the Tories needed to maintain his...

of the United States. In the House, Democrats won several seats from the Whigs, building on their continued control of the chamber. Several supporters...

president on the Whig ticket, but he became an independent after the Whigs expelled him from the party on September 13, 1841. Whigs held their only trifecta...

tabled any petitions about slavery. Democrats and Southern Whigs favored the rule, but Northern Whigs, like Adams, opposed it. In late 1836, Adams began a campaign...

Parliaments were dominated by two political factions: the Whigs and the Tories. The Whigs supported parliamentary sovereignty and constitutional monarchy...

the Democrats an electoral majority, the Whigs ran multiple candidates. Most Northern and border state Whigs supported the ticket led by former Senator...

Caroline Robbins and traced the transmission of English republican and radical Whig ideas from the seventeenth century into the eighteenth, arguing that this...

between Tories and Whigs. Around that time—prior to the American Revolution—one part of the settlement was also called "Tory Lane". Whig Lane had a post...

convention nominated Pierce, anti-Pierce/anti-Scott Whigs walked out of the convention. These dissenting Whigs hoped to nominate Daniel Webster and throw the...

convened on December 6, 1847. The Whigs won a change in partisan control of the House from the rival Democrats. The Whigs gained seats in the Mid-Atlantic...

merged into the Republican Party. The party attracted former Democrats and Whigs who were opposed to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which extended slavery in the...

instead—and to challenge the Whigs to reveal the results of their investigation of the New York Customs House, where the Whigs had probed for Democratic...

“Sally Can’t Dance” Rickie Lee Jones: “Walk on the Wild Side” The Afghan Whigs: “I Love You, Suzanne” Mary Gauthier: “Coney Island Baby” Lucinda Williams:...

1730 to 1743, the Country Party was a coalition of Tories and disaffected Whigs. It was a movement rather than an organised party and had no formal structure...

1834. Incumbent mayor Lyman was a Democrat. Both the Democrats and the Whigs nominated Lyman, leaving him formally unopposed. He was also supported by...

until the Exclusion Crisis of 1678–1681, when the term was superseded by "Whig", initially another term with pejorative connotations. Likewise, during the...

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and the Whigs about the composition of his cabinet. George considered that the three ministerial posts held by Whigs were quite enough; the Whigs pressed...

1818. It saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats. The Whigs were divided over...

The Northern Whig (from 1919 the Northern Whig and Belfast Post) was a daily regional newspaper in Ireland which was first published in 1824 in Belfast...

last until his death in 1860. By the 1850s, the Whigs had collapsed as a political party, and the Cecil Whig assumed the stance of the Know-Nothing Party...

leading figure amongst the Whig peers. It was likely that he would have been invited to form a government, had the Whigs come to power, although in this...

strong national connections throughout the then-dominant Whig Party. In November 1848, the Whigs elected Zachary Taylor to the White House, and now had...

The Whigs self-released their album in November of 2005. Rolling Stone Magazine named them one of the ‘Ten Bands To Watch In 2006.’ The Whigs signed...

Trade. A sudden threat of invasion unified the Whigs behind the First Whig Junto and enabled the Whig-dominated ministry to effect the recoinage on its...

In January 1806 Lamb was elected to the British House of Commons for the Whigs as the member of parliament (MP) for Leominster. For the election in 1806...

including the National Republicans, Anti-Masons and others, coalesced into the Whig Party. Before the election of John Quincy Adams to the presidency in 1825...

alignment to Whig policy. Effectively an independent, Tyler was disliked by politicians and was unpopular with voters of both parties, leaving the Whigs unexpectedly...

relatively small party like the Bedford Whigs. Powell instead views the Bedfords as, along with the Rockingham Whigs, an early example of an organized political...

was elected to the state house and later declined the Whig nomination in 1850. The Vermont Whigs elected him to their state committee in 1852, and he was...

unsuccessful. Furthermore, Whigs gained control of the state senate, ending the "Immortal Thirteen" gridlock, and two Whigs were appointed to the state's...

Although the Whigs actually won fewer seats—292 seats—there were several small groups in Parliament that might be willing to side with the Whigs on particular...

States. Supporters included members of the Free Soil Party, Conscience Whigs, and anti-slavery-extension Democrats. Some were seeking to organize a new...

College, who voted for President and Vice President. Michigan voted for the Whig candidate, William Henry Harrison, over Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren...

strength in Michigan Elected on a Free Soil Party ticket, but seated with the Whigs in Congress. Elected as Fusion candidate, but seated with the Democrats...

first Whig to represent the county seat in the duration of the Hanoverian succession. In the House of Commons Talbot aligned with the Opposition Whigs under...

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made approaches to Lord Grenville, who was by this time aligned with the Whigs, and Grey, who was now in support of the war against Napoleon following...

election was held on August 6, 1835, to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Whig nominee, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's...

a United States Senator. Former Whig governor William B. Campbell wrote to his uncle, "The great anxiety of the Whigs is to elect a majority in the legislature...

states, a number of Southern Whigs sought to erase that impression with respect to the Tyler-Texas bill. Southern Whigs in the Congress, including Representative...

his brother Henry Pelham, Newcastle had formed a new administration of Whigs. He remained in power until 1756 when his government collapsed following...

Connecticut William S. Holabird received a plurality of the votes against Whig nominee and former member of the Connecticut Senate Reuben Booth. However...

known as a member of the The Greenhornes, The Raconteurs, and The Afghan Whigs. He plays with both traditional and matched grips. After previously performing...

The Kingston Whig-Standard is a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is published four days a week, on Tuesday and Thursday to Saturday. It publishes...

quasi-democratic constituencies which were decided by popular vote, but the Whigs lost control of a number of rotten and pocket boroughs, partly as a result...

Both Irish and British Whigs were united in their opposition to the Irish security policies of the Pitt Government, and the Whigs also held the ear of the...

the State election in November 1839, 7 Whigs and 3 Democrats were elected to the State Senate, which gave the Whigs a majority, the first...

but never practiced. In 1841, the Tennessee Whigs nominated Jones as their candidate for governor. The Whigs believed that Jones, widely known as an entertaining...

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October 1716) was an English merchant and politician associated with the Whigs. He sat as MP for Kingston upon Hull from February 1701 till his death on...

the four Whig candidates in the Northern Liberties District, which in turn would give the majority of the House of Representatives to the Whigs. This majority...

the national Whig Party had all but collapsed by this election. Additionally, many Southerners who were formerly sympathetic to the Whigs now aligned fully...

most Democrats, despite the Whigs pointing out that he had committed himself to nothing. In September, a delegation of Whigs from nearby Giles County came...

from the New to the Old Whigs in August 1791. This was again met without success. Despite their refusal to budge, conservative Whigs were increasingly alarmed...

United States Whig Party (from which it took its name). The elephant mascot was taken from the Republican Party, the successor of the Whigs. Much of the...

Van Buren fueled new support for alternative economic policies favored by Whigs. These were policies which were previously viewed with skepticism by the...

Whig and Tory is a 1720 comedy play by the British writer and actor Benjamin Griffin. Griffin himself starred as Sir John Indolent with Mrs Gulick as Charlotte...

Locofocos, anti-slavery Know Nothings, Free Soilers, Conscience Whigs, and Temperance Whigs. The punk band Fleshies recorded the song "Locofoco Motherfucker"...

contentious. The Whigs were sectionally split, with Northern Whigs nominating incumbent speaker Robert C. Winthrop of Massachusetts and Southern Whigs supporting...

Anti-Jacksonians had coalesced into the Whig Party. By the late 1830s, many of the Anti-Masonic movement's members were moving to the Whigs, regarding that party as...

1831 to 1 June 1831. With electoral reform becoming a major issue, the Whigs under Prime Minister Earl Grey won a decisive victory with a majority of...

The 1848 Florida gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1848. Whig nominee Thomas Brown defeated the Democratic nominee William Bailey. Thomas Brown...

Party System. This was the last time the Whigs won election to the governor's office, the last time the Whigs would finish second in the popular vote,...

the vote. So did Daniel Webster, running as a Whig nominated against his will by a group of southern Whigs unsatisfied with Scott. Despite dying nine days...

particularly during the Exclusion Crisis of 1679–81, when attempts were made by Whigs to exclude him from the succession on religious grounds. However, the trauma...

Whig Hill is a historic home located near Plainville, Onondaga County, New York. The main house was built in 1833, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, Greek...

for congressional elections as well. Two Whigs were backed by Free Soil One Free Soil was backed by the Whigs One seat, Massachusetts's 4th congressional...

boundary dispute. One Whig, future U.S. Attorney General Caleb Cushing, even predicted that war with Great Britain was on the horizon. Whigs also campaigned...

between candidates representing 'court' and 'country', rather than Whig and Tory. The Whigs made gains in the counties and in small boroughs, but not in the...

contribution to Liberal ideology played a dominant role in later years. The Whigs had been in opposition after the dismissal of Prime Minister Melbourne in...

ticket in most states, but ran as a Whig in Mississippi after receiving the endorsement of the party at the 1856 Whig National Convention. The Republican...

Party/Locofoco) Josiah Quincy Jr. (Whig Party), incumbent mayor Incumbent mayor Josiah Quincy Jr. was a strong front-runner. Whigs performed strongly in the coinciding...

bill 44 to 42, but all 45 northern Whigs opposed it. Southern Democrats voted in favor by 57 to 2, and Southern Whigs supported it by 12 to 7. President...

The 1835 Boston mayoral election saw the election of Whig Party nominee Samuel Turell Armstrong. It was held on December 14, 1835. Incumbent mayor Theodore...

further ground to the Whigs, rendering them ineffectual and largely irrelevant to practical politics. A group known as the Patriot Whigs, led by William Pulteney...

In 1841, Spencer Jarnagin was nominated for U.S. Senator by the Whig caucus in the Tennessee General Assembly. However, some of the Democrats in the legislature...

ascribed to a single party. However, he allied himself publicly with the Whigs, as did his elder brothers, who were known to be in conflict with the political...

in a struggle between the Whigs and the government, Walpole became the intermediary for reconciling the government to the Whig leaders. His abilities were...

control of the Iowa Senate with 20 seats to Whigs' 11 seats. To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Whigs needed to net 5 Senate seats. Democrats...

leader of the Whigs. Johnny's hand is disfigured while making a silver basin for him. Doctor Joseph Warren: One of the leaders of the Whigs in Boston. In...

unpopular Whig government lost ground to the Tories and the opposition Whigs, but still had a secure majority in the House of Commons. The Patriot Whigs under...

instead of downward "Retarded" (song), a 1990 single by the band The Afghan Whigs A process used in proofing (baking technique) Retard (pejorative), a pejorative...

received new charters, the aim being to eliminate the influence of the Whigs. The Whigs also lost seats in county constituencies – which were not liable to...

262 votes. At the State election in November 1849, 14 Seward Whigs, 3 Silver Gray Whigs and 15 Democrats were elected for a two-year term (1850–1851)...

April 1, 1840, to elect the lieutenant governor of Connecticut. Incumbent Whig lieutenant governor Charles Hawley won re-election against Democratic nominee...

member of the Maryland House of Delegates William Grason narrowly defeated Whig nominee and former member of the United States House of Representatives from...

1835 and 1841, formed an electoral pact with the Whigs. Repealer candidates, unaffiliated with the Whigs also contested the 1841 and 1847 general elections...

1710 this was blamed specifically on the Whigs. These views were not held by all Jacobites, while many Whigs argued the post 1688 succession was also...

Afghan Whigs and the Twilight Singers. It was released on February 21, 2020, by Royal Cream and BMG Rights Management. Dulli's band the Afghan Whigs had...

and the Irish Brigade had disagreements with the Whigs that prevented them from joining with the Whigs to form a government. Accordingly, the Tory/Conservative...

Democrats held a majority with seven seats to Whigs' six seats. To claim a majority of seats, the Whigs needed to net one seat from the Democrats. The...

House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, won a majority in the House of Commons as the Conservative...

Treaty of Utrecht. The Tories consequently made further gains against the Whigs, making Harley's job even more difficult. Contests were held in 94 constituencies...

consisted of: Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum): vocals Greg Dulli (The Afghan Whigs): vocals Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth): guitar Don Fleming (Gumball): guitar...

within the two major national political parties (the Democrats and the Whigs). Woodworth's victory dealt a significant blow to Chicago's Democratic organization...

relationship with Greg Dulli of The Afghan Whigs. With drummer Steve Earle departing from The Afghan Whigs in 1994, Buchignani was asked to step in as...

exalted views of royal supremacy), while the Whigs are represented as the Slamecksan or "Low-Heels" (the Whigs inclined toward low church views, and believed...

known as the bassist for, and co-founder of, the Afghan Whigs. When he co-founded the Afghan Whigs, Curley was working as a staff photographer for the Cincinnati...

could to persuade his colleagues that the pro-war Whigs – and by their apparent concord with Whig policy, Marlborough and Godolphin – were bent on leading...

represented a massive Whig landslide victory at the election, reversing the pro-Tory landslide of the previous election, with 341 Whigs and 217 Tories. Spencer...

targeted Hunt specifically. Antislavery Whigs denounced the meeting as a transparent attempt to divide the Whig Party and elect Seymour under the guise...

from the Whigs. Following their victory, the Whigs split with one group forming the government for George I, and the other dissident Whigs became the...

non-conformists, though the act was repealed by the Whigs when they returned to power in 1719. W.A. Speck, Tory & Whig: The Struggle in the Constituencies 1701-1715...

Representatives. Harrison faced incumbent Van Buren as the sole Whig candidate in the 1840 election. The Whigs saw in Harrison a born southerner and war hero, who...

the legislature remained firmly Whig. Fifteen of the 28 senators who received a majority of the vote were Whigs, and Whig control of the House ensured that...

re-election against Whig nominee James C. Jones, thus becoming the first native-born Tennessean to be elected governor of the state. Former Whig Governor Newton...

Peel ministry was a minority government, and relied on Whig support. However, this the Whigs felt disinclined to give, joining with the Irish radicals...

Representatives, "Independent Democrats" and "Independent Whigs" are counted with the Democrats and the Whigs, respectively, and as described in the accompanying...

highlighted: light blue for a Conservative (or Tory before 1835) gain, orange for a Whig gain and green for Irish Repeal gain. Where the cause of by-election is given...

The December 1845 Boston mayoral election saw the election of Whig Party nominee Josiah Quincy Jr. It was held on December 8, 1845. William S. Damrell...

speaker, and worked closely with Tory ministers to exert control. Both the Whigs and Tories proved strong during this period, with the 1701 elections returning...

but remain divided between Protectionists and Peelites. This allowed the Whigs, led by Prime Minister Lord John Russell, to retain power. The general election...

The Whigs were now a minority in the house, but still pushing their anti-peace agenda. The Whigs opposed peace every step of the way. The Whigs even...

General Assembly, Whigs were able to win 40 seats to the Democrats 18, a gain of 17 seats in the lower hose. Meanwhile, in the Senate, Whigs won 13 seats to...

Democratic ticket. 17 Whigs and 15 Democrats were elected to a two-year term (1850–51) in the New York State Senate. 64 Democrats and 64 Whigs were declared elected...

of the 'Old Whigs' who were willing to cooperate with Tories in pursuing 'Country Party' measures against the ministerial or court Whigs in office, the...

leader of the Whig administration. However, he was later demoted to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when he was outmanoeuvred by his rival Whigs, who formed...

held on April 3, 1844, to elect the lieutenant governor of Connecticut. Whig nominee and former member of the Connecticut Senate Reuben Booth received...

ta'en the Whigs 88 - True Blue 89 - Will ye go to Sheriffmuir (Aikendrum) (Roud 2571) 90 - The Chevalier's Muster-Roll A Tory in a Whig's Coat John Hielandman's...

Whigs won a majority in the House and White was nominated for speaker. Henry Clay (a friend and supporter of White) helped in uniting House Whigs behind...

when the president did not resign or give in, the Whigs in Congress expelled Tyler from the party. Whigs in Congress were so angry with Tyler that they refused...

offices. 67 Democrats, 45 Whigs and 16 American Republicans were elected to the Assembly session of 1845. 6 Democrats, 1 Whig and 1 American Republican...

Bouck was elected Governor, 92 Democrats and 36 Whigs were elected to the Assembly, and 8 Democrats and 1 Whig were elected to the State Senate. The 66th New...

Antiques and the Arts, 2005 "Grand Mass Convention of the Whigs of Massachusetts 100000 Whigs in the City of Boston." Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 09-20-1844...

Pitt the Younger, led a coalition of Whig and Tory politicians. The principal opposition to Pitt was a faction of Whigs led by Charles James Fox and the Duke...

The Derby Dilly was a name given to a group of dissident Whigs who split from the main party under the leadership of Edward, Lord Stanley on the issue...

election was held on September 5, 1843. Incumbent Whig Governor Charles Paine did not run for re-election. Whig nominee John Mattocks defeated Democratic nominee...

small company of Whigs that had been left to defend the ironworks of Colonel William Hill. After the destruction of the ironworks, Whigs continued to muster...

Barry defeated Whig nominee Philo C. Fuller with 55.65% of the vote. Major party candidates John S. Barry, Democratic Philo C. Fuller, Whig Other candidates...

April 7, 1841, incumbent Whig lieutenant governor Charles Hawley won re-election with 55.10% of the vote, thereby retaining Whig control over the office...

KH FRS FRSE (17 February 1785 – 13 October 1862) was a Scottish soldier, Whig politician and writer on architecture. Andrew Leith Hay was the eldest son...

governor in Duval, had the blessing of running alongside two other popular Whigs in the state of Florida: Zachary Taylor for president and Thomas Brown for...

The loss of prestige, combined with the perceived indifference of the Whigs he had supported in government to the Great Famine, dispirited and divided...

30 June 1820 Ellis replaced the deceased former Whig MP the Right Honourable Henry Grattan. The Whig candidate defeated in the by-election was the great...

Goodwin Wharton (8 March 1653 – 28 October 1704) was an English Whig politician and autobiographer, as well as an avid mystic, alchemist and treasure hunter...

constitution of the new House of Commons was 246 Whigs, 208 Tories and 59 others. Sir Thomas Littleton, the Whig member for Woodstock, was elected Speaker of...

Democrats lost six seats but retained a large majority over the rival Whigs. The new Native American Party, based on the nativist "Know Nothing" movement...

Honky's Ladder is an extended play single by the band The Afghan Whigs. "Honky's Ladder" "Blame, Etc." "If I Only Had a Heart" (From The Wizard of Oz)...

April 5, 1848, to elect the lieutenant governor of Connecticut. Incumbent Whig lieutenant governor Charles J. McCurdy won re-election against Democratic...

Representatives from Maryland's 2nd district Philip Francis Thomas narrowly defeated Whig nominee William Tilghman Goldsborough. On election day, October 6, 1847,...

decades, with the electorate in a constant state of excitement and the Whigs and Tories continually trying to gain the upper hand. Despite the potential...

1848, the issue was not yet apparent. Taylor was both a Whig and a slaveholder. Though Whigs were increasingly anti-slavery, Taylor's slaveholding had...

United Kingdom whose surnames begin with Y. Colour key:   Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats   Scottish Unionist Party   Tory   Whigs...

the True Whig Party, ended in 1878, when the election of Anthony W. Gardner marked the beginning of 102 years of one-party rule by the True Whigs. Following...

nominee Isaac Toucey was elected, defeating former state legislator and Whig nominee Clark Bissell with 47.54% of the vote. Although Bissell won a plurality...

on September 12, 1853, in order to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Whig governor William G. Crosby defeated Democratic nominee Albert Pillsbury,...

Republicans absorbed many Northern Whigs, as well as some anti-slavery Democrats and much of the Free Soil Party. Notable Whigs who joined the Republican Party...

April 11, 1834, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Connecticut. Whig nominee and former lieutenant governor Thaddeus Betts won the election against...

for the ticket. Whigs presented Van Buren as the antithesis of the president, and derided him as ineffective, corrupt, and effete. Whigs contrasted their...

adopted by the rival Whig movement, who were increasingly regarded as the "war party" opposed to the "peace party" of the Tories. The Whigs were buoyed by the...

the fragmenting of the Second Party System of Jackson Democrats and Clay Whigs. The Democratic efforts to expand slavery into Western territories, particularly...

wander". Horace Walpole described him as "a favourite by descent of the Old Whigs" and as "errant [a] bigot to the Pelham faction as ever Jacques Clément...

member of the Maryland House of Delegates Enoch Louis Lowe narrowly defeated Whig nominee William B. Clarke. On election day, October 2, 1850, Democratic nominee...

The True Whig Party was an Australian joke party, formed by satirist Alan Fitzgerald. In 1966, frustrated with the lack of power that the Australian Capital...

Negotiations over a Whig-Peelite coalition stalled over the question of who would lead it. Russell's authority and popularity within the Whigs had been dented...

Charles D. B. King who ran with the support of the People's Party and Unit Whigs. The constitutional amendments were approved in the simultaneous referendum...

Party ran 76 candidates, 35 of whom won. None of the six independents or Whigs who ran in these races were elected. The party gained control over the state...

Republicans the largest party in the North. However, a significant number of ex-Whigs, including various opponents of the Democrats in the slave states, remained...

Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic governor Andrew Johnson was re-elected against Whig nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's...

majority did not object to be outvoted on joint ballot for the election of Whigs to State offices, they rejected the idea of electing a renegade Democratic...

the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs. Whigs—representing merchants, financiers, professionals, and a growing middle...

as the Whig Party broke up following the 1852 elections, Mangum retired in 1853 at the end of his second term. In 1856 he, like many ex-Whigs, joined...

held on August 2, 1838, in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Whig nominee and incumbent Governor Edward Bishop Dudley defeated Democratic nominee...

officers in the House of Commons. Pitt soon joined a faction of discontented Whigs known as the Patriots who formed part of the opposition. The group commonly...

strong support. Sixty-seven Whigs voted against the war on a key slavery amendment, but on the final passage only fourteen Whigs voted no, including John...

Clay's attempts to set the Whig agenda, and vetoed two bank bills against Crittenden's advice. Crittenden and the other Whigs in Tyler's cabinet—excepting...

Independent. Backed by the Whigs One Independent Democrat Includes three Southern Rights Democrats and two Union Democrats One Union Whig Previous election had...

000 to the Whigs' general election subscription and subsequently, the Whigs in Yorkshire enjoyed a recovery. In the dispute within the Whig party over...

Representatives Philip Allen defeated Whig nominee Josiah Chapin and Free Soil nominee Edward Harris. Incumbent Whig governor Henry B. Anthony declined to...

while the Whigs retained most of the Senate staff. The Conservative Party was a state coalition which, during the Civil War, included most Whigs and formerly...

forming a partnership. At the 1832 UK general election, he stood for the Whigs in Totnes, winning a seat. He stood down by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds...

In 1841, Spencer Jarnagin was nominated for U.S. Senator by the Whig caucus in the Tennessee General Assembly. However, some of the Democrats in the legislature...

Brigadier Mohindar Lal Whig, MVC (born 10 December 1925) was an Indian Army officer. He served with the 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) regiment. He...

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February 2009). "Theatre role an exciting stage in actor's life". Kingston Whig-Standard. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2014...

"Somethin' Hot" is a single by the band The Afghan Whigs. It appears on their 1998 album 1965. "Somethin' Hot" "Somethin' Hot (12″ Remix)" "Miss World"...

Party nominee while Savage was the Democratic Party/locofoco nominee. The Whigs won a large victory in the coinciding municipal elections. List of mayors...

dissolved on 8 August 1713. The new House of Commons comprised 346 Tories, 196 Whigs and 14 others, which represented a Tory landslide. This was largely due...

82 Whigs and 46 Democrats were elected to the assembly, and 5 Whigs and 3 Democrats to the state senate. This added up to 18 Democrats and 14 Whigs in...

served as a Whig member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1847 to 1849. He served as a Whig member of the...

political constitution of the new House of Commons was 249 Tories, 219 Whigs and 45 others, representing a significant swing in favour of the Tories...

1698 and 1715. Although a Tory on paper, he was prepared to support the Whigs in order to keep hold of his public offices. Coke was the son of John Coke...

Dundridge, in Devon. At the 1832 UK general election, he stood for the Whigs in Totnes, winning a seat. In Parliament, he argued for shorter Parliamentary...

district Aaron V. Brown defeated Whig nominee and former United States Senator from Tennessee Ephraim H. Foster. Incumbent Whig Governor James C. Jones did...

Whig Valley is a fertile valley generally between Maitland and Mound City, in northeastern Holt County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Whig Valley was...

College, who voted for president and vice president. Maryland voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. Taylor won...

in 1840, Whigs were looking for a non-ideological war hero to be their candidate. Scott's main appeal was to anti-slavery "conscience Whigs", who were...

November 27, 1833, incumbent Whig governor David L. Swain was re-elected by the North Carolina General Assembly, thereby retaining Whig control over the office...

Layard (14 July 1804 – 27 December 1853) was an Irish Whig politician. Layard was elected Whig MP for Carlow Borough at the 1841 general election and...

lieutenant governor Charles H. Pond received a plurality of the votes against Whig nominee Green Kendrick in a rematch of the previous election. However, since...

parties. The Liberal Party was formed in 1859, but through its roots in the Whig Party dates back to the late 1670s. In 1988, the Liberals merged with the...

acquired an exceptional knowledge of French. St John made friends with the Whigs James Stanhope and Edward Hopkins and corresponded with the Tory Sir William...

April 2, 1839, to elect the lieutenant governor of Connecticut. Incumbent Whig lieutenant governor Charles Hawley won re-election against Democratic nominee...

and Whig Senators, respectively, to vote in favor of the Clayton Compromise bill. If Georgia's Alexander H. Stephens and seven other southern Whigs had...

Dunch was a member of the Kit-Kat Club, a dining and gathering point for Whigs supporters and as was the custom of the club his portrait was duly painted...

rocky majority. The opposition consisted largely of the Rockingham Whigs, the Whig faction led by the Marquess of Rockingham. North's opponents referred...

"Massachusetts Whig State Convention". Alexandria gazette. Alexandria, D.C. September 15, 1848. p. 2. Retrieved October 31, 2022. "The Whigs of Massachusetts"...

held a majority with 11 seats compared to the Whigs' two seats. To claim a majority of seats, the Whigs needed to net five seats from Democrats. After...

lieutenant governor William S. Holabird received a plurality of the votes against Whig nominee and former member of the Connecticut Senate Reuben Booth in a rematch...

triumph, Pulteney remained in opposition, forming the Patriot Whigs, a group of fellow Whigs who felt that Walpole was corrupt and tyrannical. Walpole's...

262 votes. At the State election in November 1849, 14 Seward Whigs, 3 Silver Gray Whigs and 15 Democrats were elected for a two-year term (1850–1851)...

They called themselves Whigs after the British party of the same name. Just as British Whigs opposed the monarchy, American Whigs decried what they saw...

held on September 2, 1851. The state continued its support for the Whig party, and Whig Governor Charles K. Williams was easily re-elected to a one-year...

leading figure amongst the Whig peers. It was likely that Grey would have been invited to form a government, had the Whigs come to power, although in...

Democrats held a majority with seven seats to Whigs' six seats. To claim a majority of seats, the Whigs needed to net one seat from the Democrats. The...

John Dickey (June 23, 1794 – March 14, 1853) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Dickey (father of Oliver James...

of 100 reformist Whigs, urging strong measures should the Lords reject it, and acting as leader of a pressure group lobbying the Whig leadership: Ebrington...

Territory from March 1847 to May 1848 being elected from the Whig Party. He was also the Whig Party nominee in first Wisconsin gubernatorial election, where...

Democrats held a majority with seven seats to Whigs' six seats. To claim a majority of seats, the Whigs needed to net one seat from the Democrats. The...

British general election, he was returned as a Whig, again a contest and initially voted with the Whigs. However he began to act independently, and took...

Marmaduke Wyvill (1791–1872) was an English Whig politician. The eldest son of Christopher Wyvill by his second marriage, to Sarah Codling, he was educated...

August 9 with approximately 20,000 Democrats, Whigs, and Liberty men in attendance. Many of the Whigs hoped for the nomination of Supreme Court Justice...

newspaper editor who founded The American Review: A Whig Journal in 1844. Colton served as the American Whig Review's editor from 1844 until his death in 1847...

the fragmenting of the Second Party System of Jackson Democrats and Clay Whigs, the Democratic efforts to expand slavery into western territories, particularly...

the Governor of Iowa. Whig nominee James W. Grimes defeated Democratic nominee Curtis Bates. On election day, August 7, 1854, Whig nominee James W. Grimes...

office, and supermajorities in both chambers of the State Legislature. The Whigs, on the other hand, had lost the past five NYC mayoral elections, and the...

limits. In the presidential election, incumbent William Tolbert of the True Whig Party (who had taken office after the death of William Tubman in 1971) was...

Wales. However, to the fury of their Tory allies, the Patriot Whigs did a deal with their Whig colleagues to shut them out of the new government, while in...

styled Marquess of Hartington until 1811, was an English peer, courtier and Whig politician. Known as the "Bachelor Duke", he served as Lord Chamberlain from...

Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, a notional Tory but long supported by the Whigs, as Captain General and replaced him with the staunchly Tory Irish general...

nominee and incumbent member of the Wisconsin Senate James T. Lewis defeated Whig nominee and fellow incumbent member of the Wisconsin Senate Bertine Pinckney...

a song by Suede on their 2013 album Bloodsports "Hit Me", a song by The Whigs "Hit Me", a 2016 song by Blasterjaxx and DBSTF featuring Go Comet! All pages...

eloquence.’ Pitt originally aligned himself with prominent Whigs such as Charles James Fox. With the Whigs, Pitt denounced the continuation of the American War...

and instead organised a presidential election in 1871. Roye and the True Whigs considered the election unconstitutional and did not participate, with Republicans...

during the 1848 session. Jones represented Dodge County, Wisconsin. He was a Whig. Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book. p. 150. v...

Incumbent Democratic governor Jared W. Williams won re-election against Whig nominee and former member of the New Hampshire Senate Nathaniel S. Berry...

defeated Whig nominee Zina Pitcher and Liberty nominee James G. Birney. Major party candidates John S. Barry, Democratic Zina Pitcher, Whig Other candidates...

nominee and former Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court Reuben Wood defeated Whig nominee and former member of the Ohio House of Representatives William Johnston...

Canningites were a faction of Conservative British Whigs in the first decade of the 19th century through the 1820s who were led by George Canning. The...

opposed and attacked by Charles James Fox and the Whigs in Parliament. On 2 February, Thomas Coke, a Whig MP, proposed in the House of Commons a motion that...

was a Tory, so that in 1733 Lord Bradford, the leader of the Shropshire Whigs, openly opposed his re-election. The local Tories offered to support him...

their last appearance in the 1856 Connecticut gubernatorial election. The Whigs would only win two more of these eight elections, by the votes of the state...

Harley ministry during 1710–1714 though his ministry was largely made up of Whigs. Bute resigned following fierce criticism of his signing of the Treaty of...

(who still claimed to be a Whig), continued to prosecute the Napoleonic Wars. At the core of the opposition were the Foxite Whigs, led since the death of...

a necessity to defeat the Whigs. In 1854, the Republican Party was founded as a national party, but in New York the Whigs and the Anti-Nebraska Party...

alliance between the three opposition factions of the Rockingham Whigs, Bedford Whigs, and Grenvillites and to conflicts within the ministry itself. After...

election was held on August 3, 1840, in order to elect the Governor of Indiana. Whig nominee and former member of the Indiana House of Representatives Samuel...

Highly Creek is a stream in the Whig Valley of Holt County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Nodaway River and is 9.5 miles long...

for the Whigs and thus his beliefs did not align much with the Whig Party. During his presidency, he vetoed most of the key Whig bills. The Whigs disowned...

aristocratic Whigs in the House of Commons were joined by a small number of parliamentary Radicals as well as an increased number of middle class Whigs. By 1839...

Hampshire. Incumbent Democratic governor Henry Hubbard won re-election against Whig nominee and former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Anthony...

Vox Dei was also borrowed in a Jacobite pamphlet to argue against the Whigs in 1719, resulting in the hanging of the young printer John Matthews. In...

Hampshire. Incumbent Democratic governor Noah Martin won re-election against Whig nominee and former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives James...

Democratic nominee and Colonel in the US Army William Trousdale defeated Whig nominee and incumbent Governor Neill S. Brown by a slim margin. On election...

Ohio. Whig nominee William Bebb defeated Democratic nominee David Tod and Liberty nominee Samuel Lewis. On election day, October 13, 1846, Whig nominee...

Dobbs Spaight Jr. was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly against Whig candidate and former member of the North Carolina Senate William B. Meares...

and slavery. The Whigs nominated Luke Lea, who was also a defender of slavery but did not believe in secession. However, many Whigs preferred Quitman...

in Scotland. Liberal Party (UK) Patriot Whigs or Patriot Party Radical Whigs Herman 2001, p. 46. Hoad 1996, Whig. Gardiner 1905, p. 227 cites Musgrave's...

Jeremiah Brown (April 14, 1785 – March 2, 1858) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Jeremiah Brown was born in Little...

Thomas Luce (1790 – 6 August 1875) was a British Whig politician. Luce was first elected Whig MP for Malmesbury during the 1852 general election and held...

division between Northern and Southern Whigs over the Kansas-Nebraska Act doomed the party, with Northern Whigs shifting to the new Republican Party. In...

John Beard, former North Carolina state senator Despite the weakness of the Whig Party after the death of President Zachary Taylor, Beard was a source of...

split that led to the creation of the Patriot Whig faction, had resigned, there were still almost as many Whigs in opposition to the ministry as there were...

proposed a coalition between the Republican Party of Virginia and Whig Party. However, the Whigs refused to change their position on slavery. The Republicans...

President. Michigan voted for the Democratic candidate, James K. Polk, over Whig candidate Henry Clay and Liberty candidate James G. Birney. Polk won Michigan...

Island. Incumbent Democratic governor Francis M. Dimond was defeated by Whig nominee William W. Hoppin. Following the resignation of Governor Philip Allen...

The 1851 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1851. Whig candidate Leonard J. Farwell won the election with 51% of the vote, winning...

Jacobites, rallied behind the Whigs, ushering in a pro-Hanoverian and anti-ministerial majority in the commons. The Irish Whigs used the popular cry "No peace...

as a Greyhound Lines ticket agent Greg Dulli, lead singer of the Afghan Whigs, as himself in a scene with the band performing Harold "Happy" Chichester...

William Tubman of the True Whig Party was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed. In the legislative elections, the True Whig Party won all 52 seats...

incumbent Whig governor William Pennington was re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed, thereby retaining Whig control over...

approval for building public schools from modernizers, especially among fellow Whigs. Most northeast states adopted one version or another of the system he established...

election was held on April 7, 1845. Incumbent governor, Amistad lawyer and Whig nominee Roger Sherman Baldwin was re-elected, defeating former congressman...

election, which began in November 1701, produced substantial gains for the Whigs, who enthusiastically supported the war with France. The Tories had been...

governor of Georgia. Democratic candidate George W. Towns won election over Whig challenger Duncan L. Clinch. George W. Towns, former house representative...

Incumbent Whig governor William W. Hoppin won re-election against Democratic nominee Americus V. Potter. On election day, April 4, 1855, incumbent Whig governor...

election was held on August 3, 1837, to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Whig nominee and incumbent Governor Newton Cannon won re-election against Democratic...

Reuben E. Fenton at the Anti-Nebraska convention. After organizing the Whigs, the delegates decided to join the Anti-Nebraskans, and marched to their...

Whig governor William Alexander Graham won re-election against Democratic nominee James B. Shepard. On election day, August 6, 1846, incumbent Whig governor...

of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st district Andrew Johnson defeated Whig nominee Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr. On election day, August 4, 1853, Democratic...

Party. Historically, the late 18th-century conservatism derived from the Whig Edmund Burke and William Pitt the Younger marks a watershed from the "higher"...

United University Club. In politics, "the Duke generally voted with the Whigs" but only entered the House of Lords rarely and voted on few of the great...

by the unpopularity of the Panic of 1837, Van Buren was defeated by the Whig Party's ticket in the 1840 presidential election. Delegates from 21 of 26...

1778 – 31 August 1855) was a British porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and Whig Member of Parliament (MP). He was born in Walthamstow, Essex, the eldest...

Kingston Whig-Standard. Reilly, Jonathan (July 28, 2025). "Prospective soccer league eyes CaraCo Home Field in Kingston as home turf". The Kingston Whig-Standard...

through the Whig-dominated Lords. Following the Whig Split of 1717 there was also a wish to stop the Prince of Wales who backed the renegade Whigs, once he...

president on the Whig ticket, but he became an independent after the Whigs expelled him from the party on September 13, 1841. Whigs controlled the House...

Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars. As prime minister, his most significant...

gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1838. Former congressman and Whig nominee William W. Ellsworth was elected, defeating former speaker of the...

Cheshire, Stanley stood in the 1837 UK general election in Pontefract for the Whigs. He won the seat, but stood down at the 1841 UK general election. That year...

1859) was an American businessman and politician from Brooklyn, New York. A Whig, he served as Brooklyn's city clerk from 1844 to 1849 and the city's mayor...

election were carried by 4 Whigs, 3 Hunkers and 1 Barnburner, all of whom had been endorsed by the Anti-Renters. 17 Whigs and 15 Democrats were elected...

Dashwood (who was standing for re-election) and The Viscount Wenman; and two Whigs, Viscount Parker (heir to the Earl of Macclesfield) and Sir Edward Turner...

docuseries Black Love (Sarkodie album), a 2019 album Black Love (The Afghan Whigs album), a 1996 album Black Love (Carlos Garnett album), a 1974 album, and...

political parties in England, but most of all from the Whigs. Between 1679 and 1681 the Whigs had failed in their attempts to pass the Exclusion Bill...

of the Iowa Senate with 11 seats to Whigs' eight seats. To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Whigs needed to net two Senate seats. Democrats...

publications of the early 18th century. At one point publishing for both Whig and Tory factions, he later became identified with the Tories. Morphew as...

the 18th century. The Whig party employed songs in the 1840 presidential election as an "informal" campaign tactic. The Whigs were considered "far ahead...

most Whigs, with many Canningites and some ultra-Tories. Lord Lansdowne, in the absence of any alternative, remained the leading figure in the Whig opposition...

Living Things Los Amigos Invisibles Copeland Anberlin The Go! Team The Whigs Phantom Planet Murder by Death The Black Angels Luna Halo Stephen Kellogg...

Reynolds defeated Whig candidate John Bullock Clark. John Bullock Clark, major general in the Missouri militia during the Mormon War (Whig) Thomas Reynolds...

Virginia House of Delegates from Rockbridge County James McDowell. The Whigs were the largest party in the legislature following the 1839 state elections...

who voted for President and Vice President. Rhode Island voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Democratic candidate Lewis Cass and Free...

Amelia, and Caroline. By 1714 Queen Anne's health had declined, and British Whigs, who supported the Hanoverian succession, thought it prudent for one of...

April 1841. Due to various disagreements with congressional Whigs, he was expelled from the Whig Party in September 1841. Tyler supported Polk in the 1844...

Blenheim Palace, and with the Duke's Whig views, Wheate became a close political associate and one of the leading Whigs in the county. Marlborough returned...

Sir William Daines (1647 – 5 September 1724) was an English Whig politician who sat as MP for Bristol from January 1701 till 1710 and 1715 till 1722. He...

artist around 1832. It agreed with anti-Jackson beliefs, in support of the Whig Party. The cartoon depicts the 7th United States president, Andrew Jackson...

death of the incumbent Herbert Barrett Curteis (Whig). His son Herbert Mascall Curteis, also a Whig, was elected unopposed. From the LONDON GAZETTE,...

the Whigs and the Tories, although neither were political parties in the modern sense but loose alliances of interests and individuals. The Whigs included...

Shapland Carew, 1st Baron Carew (9 March 1787 – 2 June 1856), was an Irish Whig Party politician and landowner. Carew was born in Dublin, the son of Robert...

election was held on August 5, 1847, to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Whig nominee and former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives Neill...

the Whigs and the Tories. These were not political parties in the modern sense but somewhat loose alliances of interests and individuals. The Whigs included...

Soil Party, which drew support from both Whigs and Democrats and members of the Liberty Party, was founded. Whig George N. Briggs won the 1848 and 1849...

of the Iowa Senate with 14 seats to Whigs' five seats. To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Whigs needed to net 11 Senate seats. Democrats...

was held on August 3, 1840, in order to elect the Governor of Kentucky. Whig nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's...

returned a sizable Whig majority with the opposition formed by a cohort of over 100 Tories and a number of malcontent Independent Whigs notably including...

gubernatorial election was held from November 4, 1839, to November 5, 1839. Whig nominee William Woodbridge defeated Democratic nominee Elon Farnsworth with...

on August 7, 1843, in order to elect the governor of Indiana. Incumbent Whig governor Samuel Bigger lost his re-election bid against Democratic nominee...

his fellow Whigs and expressed futility for the party's prospects. In correspondence with Thurlow Weed, he refused to help rally the Whigs for a comeback...

his brother George gathered together the various small groups of Irish whigs into a unified opposition. As with their English counterparts, their ultimate...

(19 November 1634 – 11 January 1721) was an English landowner, banker and Whig politician. Cope was the third but second surviving son of Sir John Cope...

political coalitions that people at the time, and historians today, call "Whigs" and "Tories." The era marked immense social change in Britain, with the...

ETC". 1843. p. 117. Retrieved 18 June 2023. He espoused the side of the Whigs... "Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex (1773–1843)". royalcollection.org...

transition from the Second Party System to the Third Party System, as the Whigs collapsed as a national party and were replaced by a coalition running on...

Incumbent Democratic governor Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. won re-election against Whig nominee Levi Chamberlain and Free Soil Party nominee and former member of...

National Republicans (later to become Whigs). Beginning with the election of Thomas Metcalfe in 1828, the Whigs dominated the governorship until 1851...

achieving office called himself a 'Whig', although the term had lost most of its original meaning. While 'Tory' and 'Whig' were still used to refer to particular...

position as one of the United States's two main political parties. The Whigs and Free Soilers were gone by the time the next Congress began. Senate party...

election was held on October 10, 1848, in order to elect the Governor of Ohio. Whig nominee and former member of the Ohio Senate Seabury Ford narrowly defeated...

journalist and businessman. He is known as the editor and founder of the Richmond Whig, a daily newspaper that was later active during the Civil War. Pleasants...

April 3, 1850, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Whig governor Henry B. Anthony won re-election against the Free Soil nominee Edward...

Incumbent Democratic governor John Willis Ellis won re-election against Whig nominee and former member of the North Carolina Senate John Pool. On election...

the 1848 presidential election, Georgia Whigs endorsed the unpopular Zachary Taylor for president. Many Whigs revolted against the decision of the party...

Due to the split, the Whig Party won most of the elective offices by pluralities. At the State election in November 1847, 24 Whigs and 8 Democrats were...

Millard Fillmore, the Whigs nominated General Winfield Scott, whom Pierce had served under in the Mexican–American War. The Whigs' convention adopted a...

Due to the split, the Whig Party won most of the elective offices by pluralities. At the State election in November 1847, 24 Whigs and 8 Democrats were...

the three-year term. 24 Whigs and 8 Democrats were elected to a two-year term (1848–1849) in the New York State Senate. 93 Whigs and 35 Democrats were elected...

attracted former Whigs and Democrats hostile to Catholic immigration. These divisions began before the final destruction of the Whigs and cannot be reduced...

thread thus disarming the device. The attack was laid at the door of the Whig party and threw enormous popular sympathy behind Harley. The event was widely...

Democrats held 11 seats in the Iowa Senate while Whigs held eight seats (a net gain of 6 seats for Whigs). Democratic Councilor Stephen Hempstead was the...

concerns. Sarah aligned herself with the Whigs: the party that supported Marlborough's wars. Anne saw the Whigs as a threat to her royal prerogative. One...

mayoral election saw the election of Whig Party nominee John P. Bigelow. It was held on December 11, 1848. Incumbent Whig mayor Josiah Quincy Jr. was not a...

to the mid-19th centuries, as well as its successor, the Liberal Party. Whigs and Liberals believed the common people had a more positive effect on history...

1846 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 9. Incumbent Whig Governor George N. Briggs was re-elected to a fourth term in office over...

Democrats, and two by the Whigs. 16 Democrats and 16 Whigs were elected for a two-year term to the State Senate. 65 Whigs and 63 Democrats were elected...

election day in 1844, the Democrats and Whigs both had six seats each. To claim a majority of seats, the Whigs needed to net one seat from Democrats. Democrats...

31, 1847. 72 Whigs and 56 Democrats were elected to the New York State Assembly of the 70th New York State Legislature, of whom 6 Whigs and 4 Democrats...

was held on August 7, 1848, in order to elect the Governor of Kentucky. Whig nominee and former United States Senator from Kentucky John J. Crittenden...

held on August 3, 1848, in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Whig nominee Charles Manly defeated Democratic nominee and former member of the...

single one-year term as a Whig member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature. He was the only Whig among the five Assemblymen...

representing Harford County, from 1830 to 1831 and in 1844. Amos was a Whig. "Historical List, House of Delegates, Harford County (1790-1974)". Maryland...

specializing in wool and grain. Ryder was a member of the Whig Party. Sometime after the dissolution of the Whig Party, he joined the Republican Party and served...

about due to the resignation of the incumbent Whig MP, Sir Howard Elphinstone. It was won by the Whig/Liberal candidate Robert Perfect, who was the only...

Seaver won the required majority by the margin of a single vote. Incumbent Whig mayor John P. Bigelow was not a nominee for reelection. Candidates Jerome...

British politics and polarised the populace. Whigs monopolised power during the Walpole administration. The Whigs generally prevailed during the Hanoverian...

majority of the vote; after the emergence of the Free Soil Party in 1848, Whigs only won pluralities before fading away entirely by the 1857 election. Henry...

from domestic manufacturing lobbies, merchant guilds, and parliamentary Whigs led to its defeat in the House of Commons in June 1713. In April 1713, Great...

Duchess was appointed Mistress of the Robes, and held that post whenever the Whigs were in office until her husband's death (August 1837 to September 1841...

election in Massachusetts was held on January 17 and 18, 1839. Incumbent Whig Senator Daniel Webster was easily re-elected to his third term in office...

This is a list of the Leaders of the British Whig Party. It begins in 1830 as, in the words of J C Sainty, 'it would be misleading to convey the impression...

Fillmore campaigned for the Whig ticket, and he helped put an end to a brief anti-Taylor movement among Northern Whigs that had emerged after Taylor...

protagonists and examining the Whigs, liberal Tories, and Ultra-Tories. During an election to Parliament, the stridently radical Whig Oakley stands against the...

III (known as the 'Old Pretender'). It was made up of supporters of the Whig faction. Less well known than the more celebrated Kit Kat Club, with whom...

Dunn Moseley defeated Whig nominee Richard Keith Call with 55.14% of the vote. William D. Moseley, Democratic Richard K. Call, Whig 1845 United States House...

Sturt (20 March 1763 – 12 May 1812) was an English politician from the Whigs who was Member of Parliament for Bridport. "STURT, Charles (1763-1812),...

Incumbent Whig governor Thomas Veazey was re-elected by the Maryland General Assembly as he ran unopposed. On election day, January 2, 1837, incumbent Whig governor...

divided between the Whig and Democratic parties. Outside of New Jersey, there were 119 Democratic Representatives and 118 Whigs. Thus, the resolution...

while 137 were opposed. This saw a significant increase in the number of Whigs compared to the previous Cavalier Parliament. However, 167 members did not...

open attachment to the court Whigs; he was chaplain to the Duke of Newcastle, whose use of patronage for the court Whig interest was renowned. In the...

Robert John Bagshaw (31 December 1803 – 14 August 1878) was a British Whig politician. He was born the only son of John Bagshaw, MP for Harwich, who had...

1965 (film), a 2015 Singaporean historical thriller film 1965 (The Afghan Whigs album), 1998 1965 (Al Jarreau album), 1982 1965: Their First Recordings...

switched over to the Whig coalition in 1830. The Tories despised him thereafter as a turncoat, and many of the more radical Whigs were distrustful of his...

was held on October 2, 1844, in order to elect the Governor of Maryland. Whig nominee and former member of the Maryland House of Delegates Thomas Pratt...

Monmouthshire, which at the time was sometimes considered part of England. The Whigs, under the leadership of the Earl Grey won 18 seats (12 uncontested), against...