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Page 672
... Whig Party an opposition candidate for the Presidency . . . On the whole I became satisfied that Mr. Clay was impatient , and uphappy in his then present position . He had been the undisputed leader of the Whig Party for many years ...
... Whig Party an opposition candidate for the Presidency . . . On the whole I became satisfied that Mr. Clay was impatient , and uphappy in his then present position . He had been the undisputed leader of the Whig Party for many years ...
Page 691
... Whig address to the American people was approved by the party caucus , but not before it received from the President the nominations for cabinet positions ... Whigs , and others Democrats , but all The Whig Attack on the Presidency 691.
... Whig address to the American people was approved by the party caucus , but not before it received from the President the nominations for cabinet positions ... Whigs , and others Democrats , but all The Whig Attack on the Presidency 691.
Page 890
... Whig at all . He was rigid and fixed in his ideological principles , and he cared little if anything for the fate of the Whig party and the leadership he defied . Tyler vetoed the major Whig policies which emerged from the Whig ...
... Whig at all . He was rigid and fixed in his ideological principles , and he cared little if anything for the fate of the Whig party and the leadership he defied . Tyler vetoed the major Whig policies which emerged from the Whig ...
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The Ambivalence of the Concept of Party | 597 |
The Formative Period | 603 |
In Search of Victory | 615 |
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