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It is when one of the other parties dies off.

Federalist, whig, democratic-republican...systems need to change to progress the republican party was a third party at one point. The democratic party, however, is the fangless beast that must die, though.

No, a three-party system is actually unstable, and if there are three prominent parties the system will trend back towards a stable two-party configuration. It is possible for a new party to replace one of the existing parties, but in reality this often consists of taking the previous party's constituents and a significant portion of their agenda. I don't expect either of the current parties to die anytime soon, as much as I would like to see them do so. The previous shake-ups occurred at a much different time in America's history, and the modern parties have way too much inertia behind them.

Also, I wouldn't consider the Republican Party to have ever been a true "third party." America was essentially a single-party state when the Republicans first rose to national prominence.

The whig party was the other major party.

The whigs were already dead before the Republicans were significant.

Which is why a whig was holding the presidency within a decade before a republican was elected president?

They were disunited and weak by 1850, and completely dissolved by 1856. The Whig Party basically ceased to exist as a functional political organization after 1852, and the Republican Party was founded in 1854. At no point did the Whigs and Republicans ever field a candidate in the same national election.

You can continue to dispute the facts if you wish, but you are wrong.