the democrats were able to control the southern states
John C. Breckinridge. Stephen A. Douglas was the nominee for the Northern Democrats.
Fillmore was not nominated by the Whigs in 1852. He was a strong candidate for the nomination, being favored by the Southern delegates, but General Winfield Scott eventually won the nomination on the 53th ballot.
Northern Whigs became Republicans, Southern Whigs became Democrats
The root cause was the break-up of the old parties by the slavery question. The Whigs split in 1856 and did not field a candidate. A new party, the Republicans was formed from northern Whigs and anti-slavery factions. The southern whigs and others Southerners formed a new Constitutional Union Party. The Democrats split into north and south and nominated two candidates.
john breckinridge
He was John C. Breckenridge from Kentucky.
Northern Democrats nominated Sen. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois; Southern Democrats nominated Vice Pres. John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky.
the Democrats were able to control the southern states
John Breckinridge from Tennessee and John Bell from Kentucky won the slave-state vote.
Southern democrats split from the their party
the Democrats were able to control the southern states
the Democrats were able to control the southern states
the democrats were able to control the southern states
John C. Breckinridge. Stephen A. Douglas was the nominee for the Northern Democrats.
The Southern Democrats Supported Slavery & They Elected John Breckenridge As Their Democratic Presidential Candidate.
Harry Truman received the national Democratic Party nomination. Thomas Dewey was the Republican nominee. Southern Democrats bolted the national party that year and nominated Strom Thurmond as the candidate for the States' Rights Party, commonly called the Dixiecrats. Henry Wallace received the Progressive Party's nomination. Truman won the election.