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Meanings of whig party in English

Russian
виги
Portuguese
partido whig
Spanish
partido whig de los estados unidos
Catalan
partit whig dels estats units
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19Th-century United States political party.

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Examples for "whigs"
Examples for "whigs"
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The panic among the whigs was tremendous, and the mountaineers shared it.
The Winning of the West, Volume 2 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
2
It has been the colony against England, and not tories against whigs.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II
3
Permitted the whigs in general, and one Walpole in particular, to run England.
Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
4
The whigs represented the dissenters and the mercantile classes, and often wore red.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
5
The arrival of the mountain men put new life into the dispirited whigs.
The Winning of the West, Volume 2 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
Usage of whig party in English
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There were certain reasons why the whig party could not accomplish the desired end.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
2
The whole whig party were justly alarmed at these alterations.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
3
The whig party in England was growing smaller.
The American Revolution and the Boer War, An Open Letter to Mr. ...
4
Lord Hatherton is a member of the whig party, and has been chief secretary for Ireland.
Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1
5
The whig party ceased to exist.
A Brief History of the United States
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These measures greatly strengthened the administration; and at the same time confirmed the existing disunion of the old whig party.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
7
Oxford advised moderate measures, and is said to have made advances towards a reconciliation with the leaders of the whig party.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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The person against whom their anger was chiefly directed was the lord chancellor Somers, the most active leader of the whig party.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
9
The whig party, as it came to be called in Jackson's time, was forming in opposition to the republican-thenceforthknown as the democratic party.
A Brief History of the United States
10
This scandalous traffic had been chiefly carried on by the whig party, and therefore their antagonists resolved to spare no pains in detecting their corruption.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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The first vote I ever cast was with the old-line Whig party.
Report on the Condition of the South
12
The Duke of Shrewsbury and other discontented noblemen left the Whig party.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women
13
This custom and the Whig party passed away at the same time.
Comic History of the United States
14
The old Whig Party went to pieces on the rocks of sectionalism.
Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
15
With the Compromises of 1850 the Whig party began its rapid decline.
Children of the Market Place
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The Whig party were to hold their convention at Baltimore, in May.
Stories of Great Inventors / Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edi...