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Party Convention
The Democrats put a Party Convention together. This was to put the parties in the smae mind set. Thsi didn't work. -
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The Parties' history
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Democrat
Thomas Jefferson started the frist demcratice party -
The Whigs
William Henry Harrison was the frist elected president of the Whig commuinty. He was elected becasue of his "Log cabin" campian. He believed that the Democrats were to high powered and everyone should go back to living in log cabins. -
Strict Contruction
The Democrats upheld a platform which endorsed "strict construction" of the Constitution in 1840. They opposed the government's interference with the spread of slavery, the existence of a national bank, and the federal funding of internal improvements -
The liberty Party
The Liberty Party was a group of Anti-Fedurlists movement. They were fighting to end slavery. They beielive in freedom -
Last Whig President
The Last Presdiant of the Whig party was Zachary Taylor
