Many Whigs, it is true, were still in office.

There were many Whigs, but their organization was gone.

As president, Fillmore's signing of the Fugitive Slave Act in September 1850 quickly alienated many Whigs.

Many Whigs whose loyalty had grown cold but who would not go over to the enemy, took refuge in the new party.

How many Whigs and Tories have changed their parties, when their good or bad pretentions have met with a check to their higher preferment?