He was the last of three generations spanning nearly the entire history of the United States: When his grandfather was born, ...

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 ...

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 ...