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Date 1834 - 1854
Areas Of Involvement states’ rights • protective tariff
Related People Abraham Lincoln • Henry Clay • Daniel Webster • William Henry Harrison • John Tyler • Zachary Taylor • Millard Fillmore • Thomas Ewing • William H. Seward • Robert A. Toombs • Thaddeus Stevens • Winfield Scott • Davy Crockett • Benjamin F. Wade • Hamilton Fish

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Whig campaign broadside
Whig campaign print
Whig campaign banner
How the American Whig Party fell apart
Millard Fillmore: The Whig Party's final president
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