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(Encyclopedia) Whig party, one of the two major political parties of the United States in the second quarter of the 19th cent. By the time Fillmore had succeeded to the presidency, the disintegration of the party ...

(Encyclopedia) People's party: see Populist party. ...

(Encyclopedia) Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mari El. ...

(Encyclopedia) Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mordovia, Russia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Komi Republic. ...

(Encyclopedia) Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic: see Karelia, Russia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Nenni, Pietro pyĕˈtrō nĕnˈnē [key], 1891–1980, Italian journalist and political leader. He was imprisoned in 1911 for his participation in the protest movement against the Italo-Turkish war in...

(Encyclopedia) Republican party, American political party. In 1980, the conservative Ronald Reagan, a former supporter of Barry Goldwater, regained the presidency for the Republicans and reversed long-standi...

(Encyclopedia) Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Adjarian Autonomous Republic, Georgia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Federalist party, in U.S. history, the political faction that favored a strong federal government. Opposition to war brought the Federalists the support of Clinton and many others, and the party mad...