In a way it did. The dissolution of the Whigs created a political vacuum that enabled the new Republican Party to gain power. It essentially comprised many of the same (or similar) people that had once belonged to the Whig Party. The Republican party was formed by former Whigs, by abolitionists, free-soilers, frontiersmen, farmers from the middle west, businessmen, common workers, industrialists, merchants from the eastern States and New England. The Republican Party formed around 1854; Abraham Lincoln became their first elected President in 1860.
Whig party died
because they wanted to
The Democrats split in 1860, making it easier for the new Republican party to win.
The main parties between 1828 and 1854 were the Democratic Party and the Whig Party. Between 1854 and 1860, the Whig Party fell apart and was replaced by the Republican Party. Before 1828, the main parties were Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party, from which the Democratic Party came.
With the understanding that Abe refers to Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln was first a Whig party member. When the Whigs Party ended, Abraham Lincoln joined the Republican Party.
The Republican Party.
republican,whig
Whig party died
The Republican Party.
because they wanted to
At first he was part of the Whig party, but soon became a Republican.
He was a Whig.
He chose to join the Republican Party
Democrat, Whig, and Republican.
Republican Party
No, a Whig is not a Democrat. The Whig Party was a political party in the United States that existed in the mid-19th century. It was generally more conservative than the Democratic Party of that time.
No. He was a member of the Whig Party when he was president.