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Railroads, Revenue, and Reform : Decline of the New Jersey Whigs783 views
Author
Renda, Lex, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia
Advisors
Holt, Michael, Department of History, University of Virginia
Abstract
The demise of the Whig party is one of the most significant developments in nineteenth-century American history. The system of national political competition between Whigs and Democrats provided a powerful institutional safeguard against sectional extremism. The party's collapse created a vacuum within which sectionally oriented parties came to the fore, leading ultimately to secession and Civil War. The purpose of this essay is to analyze the reasons for the Whigs' decline in New Jersey, a state in which a relatively old and stable party system disintegrated in a period of four years.
Degree
MA (Master of Arts)
Keywords
Whig Party (N.J.) -- History
Notes
Digitization of this thesis was made possible by a generous grant from the Jefferson Trust, 2015.
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Renda, Lex. Railroads, Revenue, and Reform : Decline of the New Jersey Whigs. University of Virginia, Corcoran Department of History, MA (Master of Arts), 1984-05-01, https://doi.org/10.18130/V37S72.
