There is an open space for a significant new, centrist political party, created by the pull of the progressive and Donald ...

The main parallel begins with Zachary Taylor’s converting his fame as a Mexican-American War hero into commandeering the Whig Party — despite boasting about never having voted before.

The Whig Party formed out of the National Republican Party, the leaders of which were John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. They were nationalists, supported internal improvements and moral reforms ...

He sees illegal immigration as a humanitarian problem, supports police reform, advocates for stricter environmental ...

As the United States approaches the November 5 election, the Democratic Party stands at a historic juncture with Kamala ...

Nerves filled all four floors of Whig Hall as the results of the election were broadcast live to the room during the ...

One is almost entirely political and succinctly answers important questions for the general reader. Why did the Whig Party ...

The AP was formed in 1846 as a newspaper cooperative. It tabulated election results for the first time two years later, when ...

Warren G. Harding won 404 electoral votes. His victory was seen as a reaction against the policies of his predecessor, ...

Ghana’s Supreme Court has ruled that the parliamentary speaker's declaration of four seats as vacant was unconstitutional, ...

The Democratic Party faces existential questions after Donald Trump’s resounding victory. One of the first: Who will lead it?