In 1843 Levi Suydam, a 23-year-old resident of Salisbury, Connecticut, asked the town's board of selectmen to allow him to vote as a Whig in a hotly ... It might mean being subject to the military ...

Due to his military career, William Henry Harrison became the frontrunner of the Whig Party—a new political faction assembled ... His promises included a weak executive office (meaning the President ...

Our drivers will get your Herald-Whig as close to your porch as they can from their vehicles. If you are disabled and would like a paper tube put up next to your mailbox on the street, or if your ...

A longtime conservative, alienated by Trumpism, tries to come to terms with life on the moderate edge of the Democratic Party.

It’s usually possible to determine who won an election before the vote counting is 100 percent complete. But doing so ...

Nerves filled all four floors of Whig Hall as the results of the election were broadcast live to the room during the Whig-Clio’s election night watch party. The event, hosted by Whig-Clio and Vote 100 ...

He reached back to the 1830s, and Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America.” “He wrote that every presidential election ...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has filed a new request for bail, saying changed circumstances, along with new evidence, mean he should be ...

Britons! Know your place! If Donald Trump imposes tariffs on EU exports, you must suffer, too! We may not have shown you much ...

When I say vulgarity, I mean commonness, the absence of superiority ... gained something of dignity and self-esteem by the change. The old Whig chiefs, who for two or three years past had been ...

Grant noted that while Zachary Taylor cared little for fancy uniforms and spoke little, "on paper he could put his meaning so plainly ... were the leadership of the Whig Party, which nominated ...