... founded a newspaper Livingston had been a member of the old Whig Party, and even though the party was gone by then, he chose the Log Cabin the symbol of the Whig Party as the name for his newspaper and named Charlie Cox its ...

... Democratic newspaper. The Log Cabin was the emblem of the Whig party, which merged with the Republican party in 1860. It ... probable that Mr. Livingston selected the emblem of the old Whig party as the name for his paper." Cleddie W. Harper and ...

... establishment in 1879, when Able F. Livingston came to Conway from Illinois and founded the Log Cabin -- the symbol of the old Whig party. The Conway Democrat began publication in 1881. The two newspapers were combined and published continuously as the ...

... got the star. It might have been Henry Clay, the "Great Compromiser," he said. "She hung the flag out when the Whig party nominated Clay for the presidency," Taylor said. But he said he is still looking for evidence.

... On this date: In 1816, James Monroe of Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United States. In 1839, the Whig Party opened a national convention in Harrisburg, Pa., during which delegates nominated William Henry Harrison for president ...

... a newspaper. Livingston had been a member of the old Whig Party, and even though the party was gone by then, he chose the Log Cabin -- the symbol of the Whig Party -- as the name for his newspaper. In the early 1880s ...

... On this date: In 1816, James Monroe of Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United States. In 1839, the Whig Party opened a national convention in Harrisburg, Pa., during which delegates nominated William Henry Harrison for president ...

... poor and common folks of the Scottish lowlands. The Whig party in England and America evolved from that group. In the ... Cabin Democrat" was created to denote allegiance to the Whig Party of which a log cabin was a major symbol. That's the ...

... By the time you do your research and write your dissertation, a lot more research crops up." Sheridan was also a Whig party leader in Parliament and the manager of one of the two official patent theatres on Drury Lane. Browne said he examined ...