States held the 1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections between August 2, 1846, and November 2, 1847, during President James K. Polk's term. Each state set a date for its elections to
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Whig Party (United States)
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The Whig Party was a major political party in the United States during the 1830s, 1840s and early 1850s. Alongside the Democratic Party, it formed the Second Party System. The party coalesced in oppos
1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections
…the first from the new U. S. states of Iowa and Texas, when the first session of the 30th United States Congress convened on December 6, 1847. The Whigs won a change in partisan control of the House from the rival Democrats. The Whigs gained seats in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern states. Representatives…
Henry Clay, a founder of the Whig Party in the 1830s and its 1844 presidential nominee
Daniel Webster, a leading Whig from New England
William Henry Harrison, a two-time presidential candidate who became the first Whig president in 1841 but died just one month into office
Zachary Taylor served in the Mexican–American War and later won the 1848 presidential election as the Whig nominee.