Presidents From The Whig Party
Presidents of the United States, dates in office
- William Henry Harrison (1841)
- John Tylera (1841–1845)
- Zachary Taylor (1849–1850)
- Millard Fillmore (1850–1853)
Additionally, John Quincy Adams, elected President as a Democratic-Republican, later became a National Republican and then a Whig after he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1831. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Rutherford Hayes were Whigs before switching to the Republican Party, from which they were elected to office.
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