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[[image:Whigflyer.jpg|thumb|Flyer for a Whig Party meeting in Augusta, Georgia 1844.]]
[[image:Whigflyer.jpg|thumb|Flyer for a Whig Party meeting in Augusta, Georgia 1844.]]
''This article deals with the Whig Party in the US in the 19th century. For the Whig faction in Britain see [[Whigs]]''
''This article deals with the Whig Party in the US in the 19th century. For the Whig faction in Britain see [[Whigs]]''
{{AmericanPoliticalParty
| party_name=Whig Party
| party_articletitle = Whig Party (United States)
| party_logo =
| website =
| headquarters = [[Henry Clay]]
| chairman = [[Daniel Webster]]
| houseleader =
| senateleader =
| foundation = 1833
| ideology = [[Moderate]] (with [[conservative]] and [[liberal]] factions)
| fiscalpolicy = [[Free market]]
| socialpolicy = [[Classical liberalism|Classic liberal]]
| colors = Blue and buff
| footnotes =
}}
The '''Whig Party''' was (along with the [[Democratic Party]]) one of the two main parties of the [[Second Party System]] in the United States, 1830 to mid-1850s. It operated in every state after its formation by [[Henry Clay]] in 1832 to promote modernizing policies and battle President [[Andrew Jackson]]'s policies. Important leaders included Clay in Kentucky, [[Daniel Webster]] in Massachusetts, and [[Abraham Lincoln]] in Illinois. It elected its candidates for president in 1840 and 1848, but they both soon died. The party ran its last national candidate in 1852, then quickly collapsed because it could not keep together its northern and southern wings when the slavery issue came to dominate politics.
The '''Whig Party''' was (along with the [[Democratic Party]]) one of the two main parties of the [[Second Party System]] in the United States, 1830 to mid-1850s. It operated in every state after its formation by [[Henry Clay]] in 1832 to promote modernizing policies and battle President [[Andrew Jackson]]'s policies. Important leaders included Clay in Kentucky, [[Daniel Webster]] in Massachusetts, and [[Abraham Lincoln]] in Illinois. It elected its candidates for president in 1840 and 1848, but they both soon died. The party ran its last national candidate in 1852, then quickly collapsed because it could not keep together its northern and southern wings when the slavery issue came to dominate politics.