At the federal level, it was probably President Zachary Taylor in 1849. The Whig party operated in the USA during the period from the 1830s to the mid-1850s. It was briefly influential, but by the mid-1850s, it was almost totally defunct. The last Whig to serve as a US president was Millard Fillmore, from 1850-1853; he was not elected to that office, however. He was Zachary Taylor's vice president and assumed the presidency when Taylor (also a Whig) suddenly died. In 1851, Fillmore appointed the only Whig Supreme Court Justice, Benjamin R. Curtis.
In the United States, the last member of the Whig Party to be elected to the office of US President was Millard Filmore. He was the 13th US President and served from 1850 to 1853. His home State was New York.
At the federal level, it was probably President Zachary Taylor in 1849. The Whig party operated in the USA during the period from the 1830s to the mid-1850s. It was briefly influential, but by the mid-1850s, it was almost totally defunct. The last Whig to serve as a US president was Millard Fillmore, from 1850-1853; he was not elected to that office, however. He was Zachary Taylor's vice president and assumed the presidency when Taylor (also a Whig) suddenly died. In 1851, Fillmore appointed the only Whig Supreme Court Justice, Benjamin R. Curtis.
In the United States, the last member of the Whig Party to be elected to the office of US President was Millard Filmore. He was the 13th US President and served from 1850 to 1853. His home State was New York.
Four Presidents of the United States served as members of the Whig party, the first and third of whom both passed away and made way for their successors:
In chronological order, these were:
William Henry Harrison (1841)
John Tyler (1841 - 1845)
Zachary Taylor (1849 - 1850)
Millard Fillmore (1850 - 1853)
The Whig Party was dissolved in 1856.
Zachary Taylor was the last Whig to be elected as president. His vice-president, Millard Fillmore, became the last Whig president after Taylor died in office.
George Walker Bush was the last conservative president of the United States.
Millard Fillmore.
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor
No- Pierce was not a Whig. His predecessors Taylor and Fillmore were the last Whig presidents and Pierce's opponent, Winfield Scott was the man to run for President as a Whig.
Fillmore was a Whig when he was elected vice-president. He was the last Whig to be President. Later he ran as the candidate for the American (aka Know-Nothing) party.
Millard Fillmore was the last one. The last Whig to be elected as President was Zachary Taylor. Fillmore took office since he was vice-president when Taylor died.
Yes he was
The last Whig President was Millard Fillmore. Millard Fillmore succeeded Zachary Taylor after he died. Millard Fillmore was not elected to a second term after his first term was over.
William Henry Harrison was elected President in 1840 as the candidate of the Whig Party.
Yes he was.Yes, he was the 12th US president, elected in 1848 as a Whig.
Appointed Postmaster and elected into the legislature as a Whig.
The last Whig president, Millard Fillmore was known to of angered the anti slavery groups. He was the 13th president.
General Zachary Taylor for president Congressman Millard Fillmore for vice president
He was the last president who was neither; he was a Whig.