Whigs in a sentence

At times they cooperated with the "Opposition Whigs", Whigs who were in opposition to the Whig government; however, the ideological gap between the Tories and the Opposition Whigs prevented them from coalescing as a single party.

Finkelman. 2011, p. 18: "In Congress, the Whigs had blocked Texas annexation, with southern Whigs joining their northern colleagues.

His political sympathies were with the Foxite Whigs, the successors of the Rockingham Whigs, who were themselves the successors of the Whig Party as revived by Walpole's father.

Many northern Whigs broke with Southern Whigs on this legislation, which eventually caused the death of the Whig Party.

Rise to prominence Patriot Whigs further Pitt soon joined a faction of discontented Whigs known as the Patriots who formed part of the opposition.

Some Southern Whigs would join the Democratic Party, and many Northern Whigs would help to form the new Republican Party in 1854.

Southern Whigs felt betrayed by Northern Whigs for abandoning White, who was still very popular there.

Southern Whigs were reluctant to repeat their mistakes on Texas, but, at the same time, Whigs from both sections realized that victory and territorial acquisition would again bring out the issue of slavery and the territories.

The increasing dominance of the Junto led to a split among the Whigs, with the so-called "Country Whigs" seeing the Junto as betraying their principles for office.

What distinguished Jacobites from Whigs was their adherence to 'right' as the basis for the law, whereas the Whigs held to the idea of 'possession' as the basis of the law.

Here again the Tories emulated the Whigs.

The group returns this month for shows at the House of Blues in Anaheim on Friday, July 12 and the United Theatre on Broadway in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 13. Afghan Whigs and Ed Harcourt are also on the bill.

Burning through an epitome of something illicit, Rvokes the dusty haze of Joshua Tree and cracks open the cinematic and cerebral portal to Dulli’s world, one that hasn’t been touched by The Afghan Whigs or The Twilight Singers.

For vice president, the Whigs tapped Tyler, a former Virginia governor and U.S. senator.

Patrick, our drummer, has been on tour with The Afghan Whigs.

Accordingly, each of these groups suddenly forgot their differences with the Whig Party and voted with the Whigs against the proposed budget.

After 1850, the Whigs were unable to deal with the slavery issue.

After a decade of factional chaos, with distinct " Grenvillite ", " Bedfordite ", " Rockinghamite ", and " Chathamite " factions successively in power, and all referring to themselves as "Whigs", a new system emerged with two separate opposition groups.

After decades in opposition, the Whigs returned to power under Grey in 1830 and carried the First Reform Act in 1832.

After the close 1844 contest, the Democratic advantage widened and the Whigs could win the White House only if the Democrats split.