Whig
Encyclopedia
In the British Isles
- A faction of the Scottish Covenanters during the 17th-century Wars of the Three KingdomsWars of the Three KingdomsThe Wars of the Three Kingdoms formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in England, Ireland, and Scotland between 1639 and 1651 after these three countries had come under the "Personal Rule" of the same monarch...
, and the original Whigs. (See also Whigg and Whiggamore RaidWhiggamore RaidThe Whiggamore Raid was a march on Edinburgh by supporters of the Kirk party of the Covenanters to take power from the Engagers whose army had recently been defeated by the English New Model Army at the Battle of Preston ....
) - Whig (British political party), one of two political parties in England, Great Britain, Ireland, and later the United Kingdom, from the 17th to 19th centuries
- Radical WhigsRadical WhigsThe Radical Whigs were "a group of British political commentators" associated with the British Whig faction who were at the forefront of Radicalism...
, a faction of British Whigs associated with the American Revolution - Patriot WhigsPatriot WhigsThe Patriot Whigs and, later Patriot Party, was a group within the Whig party in Great Britain from 1725 to 1803. The group was formed in opposition to the ministry of Robert Walpole in the House of Commons in 1725, when William Pulteney and seventeen other Whigs joined with the Tory party in...
or Patriot Party - A nickname for the Liberal PartyLiberal Party (UK)The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
, a UK political party that succeeded that country's Whigs
In the United States
- A nickname for PatriotsPatriot (American Revolution)Patriots is a name often used to describe the colonists of the British Thirteen United Colonies who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution. It was their leading figures who, in July 1776, declared the United States of America an independent nation...
, supporters of the American Revolution - Whig Party (United States)Whig Party (United States)The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
, an American political party which operated from 1834–1856 - Modern Whig PartyModern Whig PartyThe Modern Whig Party is a United States political party whose stated intention is to be a "party for the rest of us." The Modern Whig Party describes itself as a mainstream, middle-of-the-road grassroots movement that caters to those voters who believe in various Republican issues but also believe...
, an American political group formed in 2009
Other
- True Whig Party, also known as the "Liberian Whig Party", Liberia's overwhelmingly dominant political party from 1878 to 1980
- Confederate States Whig Party, a fictional political party created by alternate history author Harry TurtledoveHarry TurtledoveHarry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction.- Life :...
Newspapers
- Cecil WhigCecil WhigThe Cecil Whig is a local newspaper published in Cecil County, Maryland every weekday. It has a circulation of approximately 17,500. Although the paper was founded to promote the ideals of the Whig political party, the publication has long outlasted its namesake.Publisher: David FikeExecutive...
of Cecil County, Maryland, United States - Kingston Whig-StandardKingston Whig-StandardThe Kingston Whig-Standard is a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is published daily, except on Sunday. It publishes a mix of community, national and international news and is owned by Sun Media...
of Kingston, Ontario, Canada - Brownlow's Whig, an East Tennessee, USA, newspaper published under various titles
- Quincy Herald-Whig of Quincy, Illinois, United States
Other uses
- American Whig-Cliosophic SocietyAmerican Whig-Cliosophic SocietyThe American Whig–Cliosophic Society is a political, literary, and debating society at Princeton University and the oldest debate union in the United States...
, also known as "Whig-Clio", a political, literary, and debating society at Princeton University - White House Iraq GroupWhite House Iraq GroupThe White House Iraq Group was the marketing arm of the White House whose purpose was to sell the 2003 invasion of Iraq to the public....
, also known as the White House Information Group - Whiggish historiography, a theoretical approach among historians