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Interlude Two “A Temporary ‘Third Party’”: Antislavery Whig Dissidents in the 1841 Speakership Contest
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter One Political Abolition and the Slave Power Argument, 1835–1840 15
- Interlude One “Bowing Down to the Slave Power”: Northern Whigs, Slavery, and the Speakership, 1839 43
- Chapter two Agitating the Congress: Abolitionist Lobbying and Antislavery Alliances, 1836–1844 47
- Interlude Two “A Temporary ‘Third Party’”: Antislavery Whig Dissidents in the 1841 Speakership Contest 73
- Chapter three Building Third-Party Electoral Power, 1841–1846 77
- Chapter four Antislavery Upheaval in the Capitol: The Wilmot Proviso Debates and the Widening Sectional Divide, 1846–1848 105
- Interlude Three “Let the Lines Be Drawn”: Conscience Whig Insurgency and the 1847 Speakership Election 125
- Chapter five Liberty Men and the Creation of an Anti–Slave Power Coalition, 1846–1849 129
- Interlude Four “Glorious Confusion in the Ranks”: The Free Soil Balance of Power, 1849 155
- Chapter six Free Soil Politics and the Twilight of the Second Party System, 1849–1853 161
- Chapter seven The Nebraska Outrage and the Advent of the Republican Party, 1853–1855 187
- Interlude Five “A New Era in Our History”: The Longest Speakership Contest in American History and the First Republican National Victory, 1855–1856 207
- Conclusion 213
- Acknowledgments 227
- Abbreviations 231
- Notes 233
- Index 291
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter One Political Abolition and the Slave Power Argument, 1835–1840 15
- Interlude One “Bowing Down to the Slave Power”: Northern Whigs, Slavery, and the Speakership, 1839 43
- Chapter two Agitating the Congress: Abolitionist Lobbying and Antislavery Alliances, 1836–1844 47
- Interlude Two “A Temporary ‘Third Party’”: Antislavery Whig Dissidents in the 1841 Speakership Contest 73
- Chapter three Building Third-Party Electoral Power, 1841–1846 77
- Chapter four Antislavery Upheaval in the Capitol: The Wilmot Proviso Debates and the Widening Sectional Divide, 1846–1848 105
- Interlude Three “Let the Lines Be Drawn”: Conscience Whig Insurgency and the 1847 Speakership Election 125
- Chapter five Liberty Men and the Creation of an Anti–Slave Power Coalition, 1846–1849 129
- Interlude Four “Glorious Confusion in the Ranks”: The Free Soil Balance of Power, 1849 155
- Chapter six Free Soil Politics and the Twilight of the Second Party System, 1849–1853 161
- Chapter seven The Nebraska Outrage and the Advent of the Republican Party, 1853–1855 187
- Interlude Five “A New Era in Our History”: The Longest Speakership Contest in American History and the First Republican National Victory, 1855–1856 207
- Conclusion 213
- Acknowledgments 227
- Abbreviations 231
- Notes 233
- Index 291