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Politics of the 1800’s. Whig Party The People’s Party, 1832-1856. Pres. Election winners William Henry Harrison (1840) Died of pneumonia First President to die in office Zachary Taylor (1848) Died from eating cherries and milk Second President to die in office
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Whig PartyThe People’s Party, 1832-1856 • Pres. Election winners • William Henry Harrison (1840) • Died of pneumonia • First President to die in office • Zachary Taylor (1848) • Died from eating cherries and milk • Second President to die in office • Belief in the Federal Government • Limit power of the individual • Slavery divided the party • “Conscience Whigs” - Northerners joined the new Republican Party • “Cotton Whigs” - Southerners joined the Democratic Party
Free-Soil Party, 1848-1854"free soil, free speech, free labour, and free men" • Anti-slavery sentiment • Goal: Keep slavery out of the west (prevent the spread of slavery) • Presidential Election losers • Martin Van Buren (1848) • John Parker (1852) • Eventually folded as a party and joined the Republican Party in 1854
Know-Nothing Party • American Party (1845-1856) • Know-Nothing Party – secrecy, difficult to find out any information • Millard Fillmore • Was Zachary Taylor’s VP; took over the Oval Office (1850-1853) after Taylor’s death • Ran as the American Party candidate 1856 (lost) • Party platform • Survival of the Union • Nativism (focus of party) • Slavery divided the party in 1855
Republican Party 1854-present • Presidential elections • John C. Freemont • First candidate, 1856 (lost) • Abraham Lincoln • First Republican winner, 1860 • Opposed the spread of slavery, the K-N Act, and the Dred Scott decision • Found support from northerners, abolitionists, eastern manufacturers, etc.
Democratic Party, 1832-present • Dominated politics from 1832-1860 • Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837 • Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841 • James K. Polk, 1845-1849 • Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857 • James Buchanan, 1857-1861 • As a national party, they had a weak stance on slavery. In 1860, slavery ended up dividing the party. • Northern Democrats nominating Stephen Douglas • Southern Democrats choosing John C. Breckinridge