The 19th-century Whigs present an appealing prototype for moderate Democrats seeking a way out of their paralysis and for ...

Major political parties can and have collapsed in the United States. Pundits on sites such as Esquire and Salon find an intriguing precedent in the rapid demise of the Whig party in the middle of ...

A historical comparison between the old and Modern Whig Party is difficult because the United States is dealing with a completely different set of issues, said William Anthony Hay, an associate ...

On Tuesday, 36 Philadelphia voters elected Whig candidate Robert Bucholz ... The Whigs haven't been a major political party in the United States since the mid-1800s. The Whigs produced four ...

The taunting post was just one in a recent string of comments from Trump suggesting that the United States annex ...

The Whig Party itself succeeded largely by avoiding ... The Whigs didn’t last long, but they made a lasting contribution to the United States. As Howe concludes: America’s future lay ...

In early 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act — a bill that ended a 30-year compromise barring the expansion of slavery in the United States — sparked a political firestorm. The Whig Party ...