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The main leaders of this Party were Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. The Whigs were former National Republicans and other anti- Jackson forces.
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The Whigs nominated three candidates in hopes of keeping Van Buren from getting majority of electoral votes. This plan failed and Van Buren won the election.
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Whig party representative, William Henry Harrison became president. Senator John Tyler then became his vice president. Tyler's famous slogan was "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!"
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President Harrison died 32 days after his inauguration due to pneumonia. John Tyler was the first vice president to gain the presidency due to the death of a president.
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The biggest success of the Tyler presidency was the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, which settled a long dispute over the border between Maine and Canada. This also set a firm U.S.-Canadian boundary from Maine to Minnesota.
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Whig candidate, Henry Clay lost the election to Democratic candidate, James Polk
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The Whigs elected president Zachary Taylor before the Party split into two groups. Taylor had died in office.
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The Whigs had different views on slave owners and plantations. The Party split up into two subcategories: the Conscience Whigs and the Cotton Whigs. Southerners had moved toward the Democratic Party and the Northerners moved toward the Republican Party.