Your original post said “The Whig party became the Republican party,” indicating you believe the GOP grew out of the Whig party. That’s not true, and that’s the point I was trying to make.
“The republicans simply replaced the Whigs...”
I would agree with that. But, the important point is that the Republican party was not just a renamed Whig party.
My post was 49, you are quoting SkyDancer, who I was disagreeing with.