Whig Party
19th-century United States political party
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Summary
Whig Party is a political party[1]. It ranks in the top 0.47% of political party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,739 views/month, #48 of 10,192).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Founder: Henry Clay[4], Horace Greeley[5], William Henry Harrison[6]
- Follows: National Republican Party[7], Anti-Masonic Party[8]
- Followed by: Republican Party[9], Know Nothing Party[10], Constitutional Union Party[11]
- Headquarters location: Washington, D.C.[12]
- Commons category: Whig Party (United States)[13]
- SRGB color hex triplet: F0C862[14]
- Chairperson: Henry Clay[15]
- Inception: 1834[16]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 1860[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Whig Party (United States)[18]
- Political ideology: traditionalist conservatism[19], American System[20], parliamentary system[21], agrarianism[22], economic nationalism[23]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], The New Student's Reference Work[25], New International Encyclopedia[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27]
- Replaces: Anti-Masonic Party[28]
- Political alignment: centre-right[29]
- Native label: Whig Party[30]
- Different from: Modern Whig Party[31], Whigs[32], Whig Party[33]
- Member category: Category:Whig Party (United States) politicians[34]
- P14541: khfU1[35]
- P14901: whig-party[36]
Why It Matters
Whig Party has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]