Wigs date at least as far back as ancient Egypt, where well-regarded hairdressers crafted them into intricate styles. And under certain ancient Roman dynasties, women’s wigs became particularly ornate. Yet it wasn’t until Louis XIII...

You may think that things are heated in Washington today, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 had members of Congress so angry they pulled out their weapons -- and formed the Republican Party. The issues? Slavery and states' rights,...

John Adams warned us. George Washington begged us not to. Despite numerous warnings, here we are on the cusp of the 2020 election with two major parties locked in a perpetual struggle for power. Today Danielle looks at the emergence of...

A video entitled "Whig and Democratic Parties" compares the Whig and Democratic Parties in the United States during the mid-nineteenth century.

John Tyler was the first person to ever be president without being elected president. That's because he took over for William Henry Harrison when he died a month into his term, as it was decided that the vice president should become the...

Watch the Democrats pierce the Whigs in 52' liked they polked them in 1844.

The 13th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. I hope to have them done by Election Day 2016. In 1836, the Whig Party emerges and runs four candidates against incumbent Martin...

Learn more about the American Whig Party.

The Whigs at T-Mobile Presents Google Music At Tao - Day 2 in Park City, Utah, on 1/21/2012 (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images Entertainment Video)

PERFORMANCE: The Whigs at T-Mobile Presents Google Music At Tao - Day 2 in Park City, Utah, on 1/21/2012 (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images Entertainment Video)

PERFORMANCE: The Whigs at T-Mobile Presents Google Music At Tao - Day 2 in Park City, Utah, on 1/21/2012 (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images Entertainment Video)

INTERVIEW: The Whigs on being at Sundance at T-Mobile Presents Google Music At Tao - Day 2 in Park City, Utah, on 1/21/2012 (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images Entertainment Video)

PERFORMANCE: The Whigs at T-Mobile Presents Google Music At Tao - Day 2 in Park City, Utah, on 1/21/2012 (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images Entertainment Video)

Explaining the evolution of America's two-party system.