Byron briefly entertained fantasies of becoming a Whig leader.

Harrison had been expected to adhere closely to Whig Party policies and to work closely with Whig leaders, particularly Clay.

Dudley has remained an important railroad developer and Whig leader, fitting the pattern of business interest in the party.

Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and other Whig leaders proclaimed themselves defenders of popular liberties against the usurpation of Jackson.

Whig leaders such as Henry Clay and Abraham Lincoln called for deepening the society through modernization and urbanization instead of simple horizontal expansion.

This made Webster one of the most famous orators and powerful Whig leaders of the Second Party System.

Whig leaders from Southern slave states joined the Democratic party.

Whig leaders from Kentucky met and held their state convention in April.

Abraham Lincoln was a Whig leader in frontier Illinois.

Nonetheless, he, Clarke, and other Whig leaders in the Ceded Lands did not sign Wells's petition.