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"An Available Candidate: The One Qualification for a Whig President"—an
editorial cartoon
about the
1848 U.S. presidential election
, showing a military man representing either
Zachary Taylor
or
Winfield Scott
, both of whom were
generals
in the
United States Army
during the
Mexican–American War
, atop a pile of skulls. The
Whig Party
only operated for about 20 years, but during their brief existence, they could boast a number of political luminaries such as
Henry Clay
,
Daniel Webster
, and
Abraham Lincoln
, and would see three of their members become
President of the United States
(not including Lincoln, who was elected as a
Republican
).
Image:
Nathaniel Currier
; Restoration:
Lise Broer
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