Whigs contested power with their rivals, the Tories. The Whigs merged into the Liberal Party with the Peelites and Radicals in the 1850s. Many Whigs left... 63 KB (6,331 words) - 22:03, 13 March 2024 |
The Whig Party was a conservative political party that existed in the United States during the mid-19th century. Alongside the slightly larger Democratic... 98 KB (11,390 words) - 22:03, 20 April 2024 |
Look up Whig in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Whig or Whigs may refer to: Whigs (British political party), one of two political parties in England,... 3 KB (367 words) - 19:47, 6 April 2024 |
Whig history (or Whig historiography) is an approach to historiography that presents history as a journey from an oppressive and benighted past to a "glorious... 41 KB (5,171 words) - 18:54, 23 April 2024 |
White House Iraq Group (redirect from WHIG) The White House Iraq Group (aka, White House Information Group or WHIG) was a working group of the White House set up in August 2002 and tasked with disseminating... 10 KB (1,302 words) - 19:44, 27 December 2023 |
The Patriot Whigs, later the Patriot Party, were a group within the Whig Party in Great Britain from 1725 to 1803. The group was formed in opposition to... 6 KB (715 words) - 06:31, 25 January 2024 |
The Rockingham Whigs (or Rockinghamites) in 18th-century British politics were a faction of the Whigs led by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of... 9 KB (866 words) - 14:20, 23 January 2024 |
John Tyler (redirect from Whig In Name Only) tenth vice president in 1841. He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with President William Henry Harrison, succeeding to the presidency... 143 KB (16,786 words) - 17:00, 7 April 2024 |
The Radical Whigs were a group of British political commentators associated with the British Whig faction who were at the forefront of the Radical movement... 5 KB (554 words) - 19:01, 6 August 2023 |
They first emerged during the 1679 Exclusion Crisis, when they opposed Whig efforts to exclude James, Duke of York from the succession on the grounds... 61 KB (7,321 words) - 15:55, 25 February 2024 |
American Whig may refer to: Patriot (American Revolution), in 18th-century America Whig Party (United States), in 19th-century America British Whig This disambiguation... 200 bytes (54 words) - 05:50, 15 July 2021 |
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... 9 KB (695 words) - 04:08, 12 March 2024 |
54°36′04″N 5°55′41″W / 54.601°N 5.928°W / 54.601; -5.928 The Northern Whig is a bar housed in a historical building in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It... 5 KB (732 words) - 18:24, 9 November 2023 |
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... 11 KB (974 words) - 23:55, 19 December 2023 |
The Afghan Whigs are an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio. They were active from 1986 to 2001 and have since reformed as a band. The group – with... 52 KB (4,767 words) - 14:22, 30 March 2024 |
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... 3 KB (420 words) - 01:06, 11 October 2020 |
Patriot (American Revolution) (redirect from Whig (American Revolution)) Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's... 11 KB (1,250 words) - 04:41, 1 April 2024 |
Walpole ministry (redirect from Whig government 1730-42) 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... 8 KB (121 words) - 05:36, 10 April 2022 |
American Review, alternatively known as The American Review: A Whig Journal and The American Whig Review, was a New York City-based monthly periodical that... 4 KB (447 words) - 06:56, 23 April 2024 |
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... 5 KB (507 words) - 12:00, 12 July 2023 |
Constitutional Whig, Daily Richmond Whig, Daily Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser, Evening Whig, Richmond Daily Whig, Richmond Weekly Whig, Richmond Whig & Commercial... 4 KB (390 words) - 09:58, 8 October 2022 |
tariff. After the 1832 election, opponents of Jackson coalesced into the Whig Party. National Republicans, Anti-Masons and others joined the new party... 12 KB (654 words) - 22:02, 1 April 2024 |