00:00 The American Whig Party was a major political party in the United States that had four presidents and controlled Congress for several years, but is now largely unknown to most people.

01:37 The Democratic-Republican Party was replaced by the Democratic Party led by Andrew Jackson, while the opponents of Jackson were known as Anti-Jacksonians and some Democratic-Republicans formed the New Democratic Party or became Anti-Jacksonians.

02:56 In response to the Tariff of Abominations, the South Carolina state legislature passed a bill claiming that a state could nullify any federal law, leading to the formation of Anti-Jacksonian groups called Small Whig Parties as a joke and a jab at Andrew Jackson.

04:19 The American Whig Party originated in 1833 as a coalition of National Republicans, defectors from the Democratic Party, and members of the Anti-Masonic Party, with opposition to Andrew Jackson as its core, and in 1840 nominated William Henry Harrison and John Tyler as their presidential ticket.

05:42 The Whig Party had two presidents, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, but both died in office, and by the 1850s, the party was divided over the issue of slavery.

07:05 The Whig Party supported Millard Fillmore in the 1856 presidential election, but received significantly fewer votes than the anti-slavery Republican Party, leading to the party's demise, although a revival attempt was made in 2008.

08:28 The Whig Party had limited success, but a man named Robert Buchholz won a local election as a Whig, marking the first Whig victory in over 150 years.