Why was the Whig Party formed in the United States?
The Whig Party was a major political party active in the period 1834–54 in the U.S. It was organized to bring together a loose coalition of groups...
Who were the Whig presidential candidates of 1836?
In 1836 the Whig Party ran three presidential candidates, Daniel Webster, Hugh L. White, and William Henry Harrison, to appeal to the East, South,...