When Andrew Jackson won the 1828 presidential election, his victory also set into motion a political shift that would result in a party built to oppose a demagogue: the Whigs. In the wake of Donald ...

In the wake of Donald Trump’s return to power, today’s Democrats would do well to study the Whigs’ rise, with both their successes and stumbles. The parallel is inexact, as historical analog ...

6, 2017. J. Scott Applewhite The Associated Press Is the Democrat Party going in the same direction that the Whig Party went in 1856? Since 2009, the Democrats have lost more than 900 seats in ...

Henry Clay The Whigs were unanimous in their nomination of Henry Clay for the presidency, standing on the same platform as previous elections. 1844: Democrats: James K. Polk Democrats desired the ...