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Politics of the 1800’s

Whig Party The People’s Party, 1832-1856 Pres. Election winners William Henry Harrison (1840) Died of pneumonia First President to die in office Zachary Taylor (1848) Died from eating cherries and milk Second President to die in office Belief in the Federal Government Limit power of the individual Slavery divided the party “Conscience Whigs” - Northerners joined the new Republican Party “Cotton Whigs” - Southerners joined the Democratic Party Whig Party The People’s Party, 1832-1856

Free-Soil Party, 1848-1854 "free soil, free speech, free labour, and free men" Anti-slavery sentiment Goal: Keep slavery out of the west (prevent the spread of slavery) Presidential Election losers Martin Van Buren (1848) John Parker (1852) Eventually folded as a party and joined the Republican Party in 1854

Know-Nothing Party American Party (1845-1856) Know-Nothing Party – secrecy, difficult to find out any information Millard Fillmore Was Zachary Taylor’s VP; took over the Oval Office (1850-1853) after Taylor’s death Ran as the American Party candidate 1856 (lost) Party platform Survival of the Union Nativism (focus of party) Slavery divided the party in 1855

Republican Party 1854-present Presidential elections Opposed the spread of slavery, the K-N Act, and the Dred Scott decision Supported the transcontinental railroad Found support from Westerners, farmers, and eastern manufacturing Presidential elections John C. Freemont First candidate, 1856 (lost) Abraham Lincoln First Republican winner, 1860

Democratic Party, 1832-present Dominated politics from 1832-1860 Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837 Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841 James K. Polk, 1845-1849 Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857 James Buchanan, 1857-1861 As a national party, they had a weak stance on slavery. In 1860, slavery ended up dividing the party. Northern Democrats nominating Stephen Douglas Southern Democrats choosing John C. Breckinridge