- John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams Secretary of State, - John Tyler
John Tyler, Jr. (March 29, 1790 - January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841-1845) President of the United States. A long-time Democrat-Republican, he was elected Vice President on the Whig ticket and on becoming president in 1841, broke with that party. His term as Vice President began on March 4, 1841 and one month later, on April 4, incumbent President William Henry Harrison died of what is today believed to have been viral pneumonia. - Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore : Biography of a President - Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (January 18 1782 - October 24 1852), was a leading American statesman during the nation's antebellum era. Webster first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests. His increasingly nationalistic views and the effectiveness with which he articulated them led Webster to become one of the most famous orators and influential Whig leaders of the Second Party System. - Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke (January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher, who served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the Whig party. He is mainly remembered for his support of the American colonies in the dispute with King George III and Great Britain that led to the American Revolution and for his strong opposition to the French Revolution. - John Edwards
John Edwards (1786 - June 26, 1843) was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Edwards (granduncle of John Edwards Leonard) was born in Ivy Mills, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was deputy attorney general for Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in 1811. - Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 - 18 March 1745) was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. This position had no official recognition in law, but Walpole is nevertheless acknowledged as having held the "de facto" office due to the extent of his influence in the Cabinet. However, the term "Prime Minister" was never used officially at this time. - Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 - November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder of the Republican party, reformer and politician. His "New York Tribune" was America's most influential newspaper from the 1840s to the 1870s and "established Greeley's reputation as the greatest editor of his day." Greeley used it to promote the Whig and Republican parties, as well as antislavery and a host of reforms. - Charles James Fox
Hon. Charles James Fox (24 January, 1749 - 13 September, 1806) was a prominent British Whig politician. He is noted as an anti-slavery campaigner, a supporter of American independence from Britain, and as a supporter of the French Revolution. He held several senior government offices, including being Britain's first Foreign Secretary. Fox was the third son of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, one of the older generation of self-aggrandizing Whigs. - John Henry
John Henry (November 1, 1800 - April 28, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Stanford, Kentucky, Henry attended the public schools. He served as a private in Captain Arnett's company of Illinois volunteers in the Black Hawk War. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1832-1840. He was prominently identified with the construction of the first railway in Illinois in 1838. He served as member of the State senate 1840-1847. - John Smith
John Smith (1655/6 - 1723) was an English politician, twice serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Smith's father was also called John Smith and he had a sister called Anne Smith, Lady Dashwood. He was educated St John's College, Oxford, was at the Middle Temple and was an MP from 1678. He married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Strickland, and had two daughters, Mary Smith and Anne Smith, Lady Grant. Smith was first appointed as Chancellor on June 2, 1699 until March 27, … - John Bell
John (of Ohio) Bell (June 19, 1796 - May 4, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Pennsboro, Pennsylvania, Bell received a limited education. He moved to Ohio in 1810 with his parents, who settled in Greene County, near Xenia. He moved to Lower Sandusky in 1823. City mayor in 1830. Probate judge of Sandusky County several terms. Commissioned major general of State militia in 1834. Commanded Ohio forces in the Toledo war in 1835. - John Bell
John Bell (also known as "The Great Apostate") (February 15, 1797 - September 10, 1869) was a U.S. politician, attorney, and plantation owner. A wealthy slaveholder from Tennessee, Bell served in the United States Congress in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He began his career as a Democrat, he eventually fell out with Andrew Jackson and became a Whig. - James Wilson
James Wilson was born on September 3, 1760 in the parish of Avondale in Scotland. He was a weaver from the town of Strathaven in Lanarkshire, but as the Industrial Revolution impacted on the weaving trade he had to find alternative work. A free thinking man, he was sceptical of religion and disliked the government of the day. He read Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man" and started to become active in lobbying for political reform. - James Knox
James Knox (July 4, 1807 - October 8, 1876) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Canajoharie, New York, Knox attended Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, and was graduated from Yale College in 1830. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Utica, New York. He moved to Illinois in 1836 and settled in Knoxville, Knox County. He continued the practice of law. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits. - John Campbell
Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and 1st Duke of Greenwich KG (October 10, 1678 – October 4, 1743) was a Scottish soldier and nobleman. His titles were extremely high in the precedence of the Scottish peerage. Born in Petersham, Surrey, England to Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll and Elizabeth Tollemache, daughter of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Bt, he succeeded his father as Duke of Argyll and Chief of Clan Campbell in 1703. - George Grenville
George Grenville (14 October 1712 - 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of seven years, reaching the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was one of the few prime ministers (others include William Pitt the Younger, Sir Winston Churchill and William Gladstone) who never acceded to the peerage. Grenville was the second son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple (later the 1st Countess Temple). - Henry Pelham
Henry Pelham (25 September 1694 - 6 March1754) was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754 - Herbert Butterfield
Sir Herbert Butterfield (October 7, 1900 - July 20, 1979) was a British historian and philosopher of history who is remembered chiefly for a slim volume entitled "The Whig Interpretation of History" (1931). Butterfield was born in Oxenhope in Yorkshire, and received his education at the Trade and Grammar School in Keighley. He was awarded an MA by Cambridge University in 1922. - John Davis
John Davis was an American lawyer and politician. Born January 13, 1787 in Northborough, Massachusetts, graduated from Yale College in 1812 and practiced law in Worcester, Massachusetts. Represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4 1825, to January 14 1834, when he resigned, having been elected Governor. He served as the Whig Governor of Massachusetts from 1834 to 1835. - John Maynard
John Maynard (unknown - March 24, 1850) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Whitestone, New York, Maynard was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1810. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Seneca Falls, New York. He served as clerk of Seneca County, 1821 and 1822. He served as member of the state assembly, 1822. Maynard was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829). - Thomas Henry
Thomas Henry (1779 - July 20, 1849 was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Thomas Henry was born in County Down, Ireland. Immigrated to America and settled in Beaver, Pennsylvania, in 1798. He was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Simon Snyder on December 24, 1808. He was elected county commissioner in 1810. - James Mackintosh
Sir James Mackintosh (October 24, 1765 - May 30, 1832) was Scottish jurist, politician and historian. He is said to have been one of the most cultured and catholic-minded men of his time. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a journalist, judge, administrator, professor, philosopher and politician. - John Moore
John Moore (1788-1867) was an American statesman and planter from Louisiana. He served in the U.S. Congress from 1840 to 1843 and again from 1851 to 1853. He was a life long member of the Whig Party. Moore was born in 1788 in Berkeley County, Virginia (now in West Virginia). He moved to Franklin, Louisiana, and was elected to the state House of Representatives for St. Mary Parish in 1825. He held that seat until 1834. - William Russell
William Russell (unknown - September 28, 1845) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Ireland in 1782, RussellImmigrated to the United States and settled in West Union, Ohio. He received a limited schooling. Held several local offices. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1809, 1810, and 1811-1813. He served in the State senate 1819-1821. Russell was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth, Twenty-first, … - James Graham
James Graham a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, January 7, 1793; brother of William Alexander Graham; pursued classical studies and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Rutherford County, North Carolina; member of the State house of representatives in 1822, 1823, 1824, 1828, … - Horatio Seymour
Horatio Seymour was a United States Senator from Vermont. He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on May 31, 1778. Seymour attended the common schools and graduated from Yale College in 1797. He taught school in Cheshire, Connecticut and pursued legal studies in Litchfield Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced the practice of law in Middlebury, Vermont. From 1800 to 1809, he was postmaster of Middlebury. - Thomas Ewing
Thomas Ewing, Sr. (December 28, 1789 - October 26, 1871) was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate as well as serving as the Secretary of the Treasury and the first Secretary of the Interior. Born in West Liberty, Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia). After studying at Ohio University and reading law under Philemon Beecher, Ewing commenced the practice of law in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1816. - Larry Elder
Laurence Allen "Larry" Elder (born April 27, 1952 in Los Angeles, California) aka "the Sage from South Central" is an American libertarian-minded Republican (he has sometimes referred to his views as "conservatarian") radio and former TV talk show host and author whose "The Larry Elder Show" is nationally syndicated on ABC Radio Networks. The show broadcasts live from 6-9 p.m. (Eastern Time), Monday through Friday. - John Pope
John Pope (1770 - July 12, 1845) was a United States Senator from Kentucky, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, Secretary of State of Kentucky, and Governor of Arkansas Territory. John Pope was born in Prince William County, Virginia in 1770. He lost his arm during his youth and was known as "One-arm Pope". He studied law and moved to Springfield, Kentucky where he was admitted to the bar. - Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 - July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and Whig statesman. - John Young
John Young (June 12, 1802 - April 23, 1852) was an American politician. He was born in Chelsea, Vermont. As a child, he moved to Freeport (now Conesus), Livingston County, New York. He had only basic schooling but, by self-study accumulated a knowledge of classics and became a law clerk, becoming admitted to the bar in 1829. He entered politics as a Jacksonian Democrat, and shortly afterward moved to the Anti-Masonic Party, … - Thomas Corwin
Thomas Corwin, also known as Tom Corwin and The Wagon Boy (July 29, 1794 - December 18, 1865) was a politician from the state of Ohio who served as a prosecuting attorney, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, United States House of Representatives, and United States Senate, and as Governor of Ohio and Secretary of the Treasury. Corwin, whose brother Moses Bledso Corwin and nephew Franklin Corwin were also U.S. Representatives, … - John T. Stuart
John Todd Stuart (November 10 1807 - November 23 1885) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Stuart was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1826. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Springfield, Illinois. He subsequently became a law partner of Abraham Lincoln. He was a major in the Black Hawk War in 1832. He served as member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1832-1836. - James Brooks
James Brooks (November 10, 1810 - April 30, 1873) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Portland, Maine, Brooks attended the public schools. He attended the academy at Monmouth, Maine. He taught school at sixteen years of age in Lewiston. He was graduated from Waterville (Maine) College in 1831. He studied law and also edited the Portland Advertiser, and in 1832 was its Washington correspondent. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1835. - William Robertson
William Robertson was a Scottish historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. ("The thirty years during which (he) presided over the University perhaps represent the highest point in its history" according to D.B.Horn's (1967, p.76) "A Short History of the University of Edinburgh:1556-1889".) He was born at Borthwick, Midlothian and educated in Dalkeith and at the University of Edinburgh, where he studied divinity. - William Graham
William Graham (March 16, 1782 - August 17, 1858) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. Born at sea, Graham settled with his parents in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He attended the public schools. He moved to Vallonia, Indiana, in 1811. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the Territorial house of representatives in 1812. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1816. - Caleb Cushing
Caleb Cushing (January 17, 1800 - January 2, 1879) was an American statesman and diplomat who served as a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce. Born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1800, he was the son of John Newmarch Cushing, a wealthy shipbuilder and merchant, and of Lydia Dow, a delicate and sensitive woman from Seabrook, New Hampshire who died when he was ten. - Reverdy Johnson
Reverdy Johnson (May 21, 1796 - February 10, 1876) was a statesman and jurist from Maryland. Born in Annapolis, Johnson was the son of a distinguished Maryland lawyer and politician, John Johnson (1770 - 1824). He graduated from St. John's College in 1812 and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1815, and then moved to Baltimore, where he became a legal colleague of Luther Martin, William Pinkney and Roger B. Taney. - Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson was an English playwright, tavern keeper, and enemy of Alexander Pope's. He was a dedicated Whig who allied himself with the Duke of Marlborough, Colley Cibber, and those who rose in opposition to Queen Anne's Tory ministry of 1710 - 1714. Johnson claimed to be trained in the law, but there is no evidence of his membership in any of the inns of court. At the same time, it is possible that he was a lawyer, as his first two published works, …
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