ORIGIN OF THE WHIG PARTY.
Durand, Ill.
Why is J. Quincy Adams classed with the Whig Presidents when the Whig party was not organized until 1836.
E. S. Capron.
Answer.—The National Republicans, to whom J. Quincy Adams belonged, dropped that name and took the name of Whigs in 1832. Adams, who was one of the Whig leaders from the first, is usually classed as the first of the Whig Presidents, because the National policy he represented and maintained when President was substantially the policy advocated by the Whigs of 1832. In 1834 there was a State convention held in New York City, which gave organized form to the Whig party in that State, and this organization became National in 1836, when Wm. H. Harrison was first nominated by the Whigs for the Presidency. A still higher degree of organization was effected at the first delegate National convention of the Whig party, held in Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 4, 1839, when Harrison was nominated for the great campaign of 1840, in which he was elected.
EARLY AMERICAN COINAGE.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Name the earliest American coins.
E. Wilson.