<P> The Whig Party nominated several presidential candidates in 1836 . General William Henry Harrison of Ohio was nominated in 1840 , former Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky in 1844 and General Zachary Taylor of Kentucky in 1848 . Another war hero , General Winfield Scott of New Jersey , was the Whig Party 's last presidential nominee in 1852 . In its two decades of existence , the Whig Party had two of its candidates , Harrison and Taylor , elected president and both died in office . John Tyler succeeded to the presidency after Harrison 's death in 1841 , but was expelled from the party later that year . Millard Fillmore , who became President after Taylor 's death in 1850 , was the last Whig President . </P>
<P> The Whig Party nominated several presidential candidates in 1836 . General William Henry Harrison of Ohio was nominated in 1840 , former Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky in 1844 and General Zachary Taylor of Kentucky in 1848 . Another war hero , General Winfield Scott of New Jersey , was the Whig Party 's last presidential nominee in 1852 . In its two decades of existence , the Whig Party had two of its candidates , Harrison and Taylor , elected president and both died in office . John Tyler succeeded to the presidency after Harrison 's death in 1841 , but was expelled from the party later that year . Millard Fillmore , who became President after Taylor 's death in 1850 , was the last Whig President . </P>
who was the first whig president of the united states
who was the first whig president of the united states
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison