The Rise and Fall of the Second Party System [1828 to 1854]
Disputes over slavery in the territories first erode, then destroy what had become America's second two-party system.
1836| Whigs v. Democrats
1840| Whigs v. Liberty Party
1844| Whigs v. Liberty Party v. Democrats
1848| Whigs v. Free Soil Party v. Democrats
1852|Whigs v. Free Soil Party v. Democrats
1856| Whigs v American Party v. Democrats
1860| Republicans v. Democrats