Whig
Four members of the United States Whig Party have governed for a total of 8 years:
- William Henry Harrison (1841)
- John Tyler (1841–1845)
- Zachary Taylor (1849–1850)
- Millard Fillmore (1850–1853)
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Famous quotes containing the word whig:
“A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmerthat is, a coward to both sides of the question, who dare not be a knave nor an honest man, but is a sort of whiffling, shuffling, cunning, silly, contemptible, unmeaning negation of the two.”
—William Hazlitt (17781830)
“You whig emblem, you woman chaser,
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—Anne Sexton (19281974)