whig party

     

Whig may refer to:

Trivia about whig party

  • In 1850 it was the name of the party of the British prime minister & of the U.S. president
  • John Tyler was one of the 4 presidents from this bygone political party
  • "Tippecanoe & Tyler too!" was an 1840 campaign slogan of this party
  • Keep it under your hat -- in the 1840s this U.S. political party used the raccoon as its emblem
  • Between 1841 & 1853, 4 U.S. presidents were from this political party that no longer exists
  • Split by the slavery issue, it didn't nominate its incumbent, Millard Fillmore, in 1852; it crashed soon after
  • Until his re-election defeat in 1835, this party was grooming Crockett to run against Andrew Jackson in 1836