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Whig

Whig

8.5
A person in the United States who belonged to a major party before the Civil War
  • noun
  • /wɪg/
  • US
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  • Daniel Webster was the most famous northern Whig politician.
  • Whig Party

Examples

  • If the Republican Party wants to be a vital part of this country, they must mend their ways or fall, as did the Whig Party and others of the past.

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  • So if you had a sheriff who was a Whig and you were a Whig, you were home free.

  • And the Whig movement viewed Jackson as taking on too much power for himself.

  • Daniel Webster was a prominent member of the Whig Party during the early 19th century.

  • The Whig Party played a significant role in American politics before the Civil War.

  • Many influential politicians, like Henry Clay, were affiliated with the Whig Party.

Compounds

Whig Party
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A former American political party from 1834 to 1854 that opposed the Democrats and supported high taxes on imported goods

Surface Forms

Whig singular
Whigs plural

Etymology

Whig was borrowed from the British name and used in the United States for a political group in the early 1800s that stood for change and national projects. So a U.S. Whig was a member of that early party before the Civil War.