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The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints. Following Scott's poor showing in 1852, the southerners moved to the Democratic Party and the northerners to the newly formed Republican Party.
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EzraThe Whig party was founded in 1830, only to dissolve shortly after in 1860. The party was formed in opposition to Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party.
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What political party was Millard Fillmore?
Fillmore was a Whig. He was the last of four Whig presidents.
What party replaced the Federalists?
No party replaced the Federalists in the sense that no party actually took the claims of Federalists and advocated them after the party fell. However, the next party to challenge the Democratic-Republicans was the WHIG PARTY.
What did the Whigs stand for?
The Whig party stood for liberalism, economic nationalism, agrarianism, and pro-federalism. Four of the US Presidents were of the Whig Party.
What political party was Henry Clay in?
Whig
Which party endorsed the wilmont Proviso?
Whig
