In 1834, Clay established the Whig Party, choosing the name to evoke the opposition to Tory royalists in England. Slaveholding states who resented Jackson’s strong defense of the Union aligned ...

with the Whigs supporting both the dethronement of James II in 1688 and the accession of the Hanoverian dynasty in 1714, and the Tories accepting those changes reluctantly. By the mid-18th century ...

The desire to reform in order to gain support for a political party can be seen most clearly by the actions of Benjamin Disraeli and the Tory party. His aim was to “dish the Whigs” (defeat the ...