For 10 points, identify this party, under whose banner William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor were elected to the Presidency.
In historiography, this word refers to the fallacious study of history as a march of progress towards the present. This term also refers to the party, led by Robert Walpole, which dominated mid-eighteenth-century British politics before passing the Great Reform Bill. These original opponents of the (*) Tories also share their name with an American party, formed by Henry Clay and other anti-Jacksonian elements. For 10 points, identify this party, under whose banner William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor were elected to the Presidency.
In historiography, this word refers to the fallacious study of history as a march of progress towards the present.
{Whig} Party [or {whigs}; or {Whiggish view} of history; or other word forms]