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Whig Party  

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  • Emerging from the factional quarrels of the 1820s and early 1830s, the Whig Party was organized in 1834 as a diverse political coalition of individuals and groups who opposed Pres. Andrew Jackson and his Democratic supporters. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History; Whig Party]

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