One member of this party founded the Massachusetts Board of Education before attempting to ban corporal punishment in school, while another spoke for two hours before Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
One member of this party founded the Massachusetts Board of Education before attempting to ban corporal punishment in school, while another spoke for two hours before Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Horace Mann's "Conscience" faction of this party was opposed by Edward Everett's "Cotton" faction, and this party's founder designed the American [*] System. This party was succeeded by the Free Soil and Republican parties. For 10 points, name this American political party which ran war heroes for president, including Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor, and William Henry Harrison, and which formed thanks to Henry Clay's opposition to Jacksonian Democracy.
One member of this party founded the Massachusetts Board of Education before attempting to ban corporal punishment in school, while another spoke for two hours before Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
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