The Whigs and the Presidency: National Issues and Campaign Tactics, 1840-1848
Description:
The Whig party, which existed in the United States approximately twenty years, 1834-1854, was a coalition of diverse economic, political and social groups united by their disapproval of Jacksonian politics and methods. This minority organization derived its strength from powerful congressional leaders, who held strongly nationalistic ideas regarding economic policy and governmental function, which had a profound and lasting influence on American political and economic thought. In the battle for…
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Date:
December 1979
Creator:
Baker, Beverly Jeanne
Partner:
UNT Libraries