Whigs Survive Timeline

List of Presidents

1844 - Henry Clay (W)

1848 - Henry Clay (W)

1852 - Millard Filmore (KN/W)

1856 - James Buchanan (D) * Whig v Know Nothing schism vote split

1860 - Abraham Lincoln (W) * Civil War begins

1864 - Abraham Lincoln / John C Fremont (W) *Radical Reconstruction - Whigs build base with minorities in South

1868 - Ulysses S. Grant (W)

1900 -

1904 - Teddy Roosevelt (W)

1908 - Taft (W)

1912 - Woodrow Wilson (D) * Whig v Progressive schism

1916 - (D) * Formation of Progressive-Whig Party

1920 - (P-W)

1924 - (P-W)

1928 - Herbert Hoover / Charles Curtis (P-W) *Hoover is assassinated due to rampant extremism caused by a worst Great Depression

1932 - Huey Long (D) *Long takes advantage of a chaotic United States to seize the National Democrat nomination. He begins Share Our Wealth program instead of New Deal, attracting many northern progressives who would otherwise be unwilling to join a Southern-dominated party.

1936 - Huey Long (D)

1944 - Huey Long (D) *United States joins WWII later.

1948 - (D)

1952 - Eisenhower (W)

1956 - Eisenhower (W)

1960 - (W)

1964 - (D)

1968 - (W)

1972 - (W)

1976 - (D)

1980 - John B. Anderson (W) * Ted Kennedy schism

1984 - John B. Anderson (P-W) * More progressive VP added in deal with progressive wing of Whigs

1988 - VP (W)

1992 - VP (W) *Reform split

1996 - (D) *Reform split

2000 - John Kasich (D)

2004 - John Kasich (D)

2008 - Mike Gravel (W)

2012 - Mike Gravel (W)

2016 - Donald Trump / Mike Pence (D)

2020 - Charlie Baker (W)