The name Whig was superseded altogether by that of Liberal, while the name.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Governments of Europe] Reference

The former is provided by a tendency in Whig politics that we can call antimilitarism.    From Wordnik.com.  [There has never been a successful right-wing insurgency « Isegoria] Reference

The first open occurrence of the word Whig in British History was, I believe, in the circumstances described in the text at p. 621.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of John Milton]

He passed always amongst most of his acquaintance for what is commonly called a Whig; for it seems the Roman politics are divided as well as popish missionaries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference

This cannot be said of the few papers entitled the Whig.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lives of the Poets, Volume 1] Reference

Various explanations have been given of these titles Whig and Tory.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)] Reference

Burke, the "father of conservatism" was a Whig, which is to say, a classic liberal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

A coalition once formed to resist kingly tyranny, and they were known as the Whig party.    From Wordnik.com.  [Video Of Richardson Endorsing Obama] Reference

During the general election he published a political Journal, entitled the Whig Examiner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)] Reference

Prior to 1854 this country was divided into two great political parties known as Whig and Democratic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Third Joint Debate at Jonesboro. Mr. Douglas's Speech] Reference

There is but one great party, that of privilege, divided into two factions, labelled Whig and Tory, or.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals] Reference

Prior to 1854 this country was divided into two great political parties, known as the Whig and Democratic parties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Douglas Debate (Audio performance by Max Daniels and Jim Gayan)] Reference

PRIOR1 to 1854 this country was divided into two great political parties, known as the Whig and Democratic parties.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the First Debate with Lincoln] Reference

The result of the election could scarcely be called a Whig victory; but it was a popular rebuke to the Nebraska bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference

In other words, they believe in Whig history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jacobite history of the world « Isegoria] Reference

They allowed one editor to give "Whig" views and another to talk.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884] Reference

'Whig' increasingly became a term for anti-conservative, liberal prejudices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

Syracuse, in August, 1834, adopted the title of "Whig," and the new party exulted in its name.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference

"Whig" building, I was quite active in helping to prevent none but "the faithful" from entering.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference

Below are some selections from Holbo's "Whig" post which I know I'll return to in the weeks and months ahead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference

"Whig" for the pungent letter which we publish to-day of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America] Reference

'Whig' of those days represented two impulses which gradually diverged.    From Wordnik.com.  [English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century] Reference

The term "Whig" was originally an abusive term for the country party under Shaftesbury in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Richmond "Whig," office in Whig Building, north-west corner of Governor and Franklin streets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stranger's Guide and Official Directory for the City of Richmond. Showing the Location of the Public Buildings and Offices of the Confederate, State and City Governments, Residences of the Principal Officers, etc.] Reference

"Whig," by contrast, was more optimistic and occasionally quite radical, placing little value on stuffy old customs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

If a stop cannot be soon put to these massacres, the country will be depopulated in a few months more, as neither 'Whig' nor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816] Reference

I take this method of answering those inquiries; and publishing them in my "Whig," which has a circulation of 5,000, and our.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors] Reference

One of the parties called itself "Whig," but its enemies described its members as "Coons," in the habit of roosting up a tree out of reach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ahead of the Army] Reference

The second brother died before the rebellion began; he was a Whig, and afterwards a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

Most of my neighbors had known me as an officer of the army with Whig proclivities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

He was a Whig Radical, and more, when the slightest suspicion of Radicalism exposed an.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference

"The picture of a modern Whig: a dialogue between Whiglove and Double, at Tom's Coffee-House.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference

He, too, was a Whig, but was not supposed to entertain any political ambitions; nor did he; but after the fall of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

The left's refusal to accept what Blair did to Labour is reminiscent of the Whig acceptance of reform in the 1830s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blair's job was done by 1997: to numb Labour, and to enshrine Thatcherism] Reference

They didn't like Whig preachers telling them to teetotal; they had a more emotional, tent-show revivalist style of faith.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will Perot Wax The Democrats?] Reference