Van Buren, Martin, 1–2, 7–13, 19, 24, 31n10, 31n12, 32n13, 39, 51, 57n9, 80, 81, 86–87, 118, 129, 132, 133–135, 137–138, 151n5, 157n35, 158n37, 166, 215, 261, 264–266, 269, 295n14, 341, 346–347, 351n4, 412–413

Vietnam, 71, 193–194, 198–200, 231, 237, 239, 281, 284, 287, 310

Voting Rights Act of 1965, 203n2, 229

wages, 161n58, 169

Wallace, Henry, 271, 278–279

war, 2, 25, 66, 89–92, 95, 103, 113n24, 123–124, 136, 140, 157n34, 164–165, 174, 194, 200, 208n58, 210n71, 237, 254n46, 264, 270, 278, 287, 291, 301, 310, 317, 325, 412–413

Warren, Earl, 85, 208n58, 223, 277, 344, 351n7

Washington, George, 23, 47, 52–53, 58n18, 62n30, 70–72, 107n9, 111n20, 113n23, 120–122, 129, 131, 133, 152n13, 153n14, 155n31, 156n32, 163, 412

Watergate, 58n17, 71, 169, 210n71, 214–216

welfare, 128, 197, 200, 222, 243

Whig Party, 1, 6, 12, 18, 30n4, 66, 99, 106n3, 108n15, 113n23, 116, 119, 139–142, 144, 151n6, 159n50, 160n55, 161n59, 260–267, 269, 283, 294n8, 294n10, 295n11, 295nn13–14, 344, 351n4, 413

White House, 6, 14, 15, 18, 44, 56nn2–3, 63, 70, 104, 106n5, 182, 191, 195, 202, 213, 223, 231, 240, 242–243, 252n11, 259, 261, 275, 280, 283, 344, 349

whites, 124, 143, 163, 176, 190, 229, 247, 320

Wilson, Woodrow, 39, 74, 81, 87, 164, 168, 187–188, 203n3, 346

Yeltsin, Boris, 235