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The Constitutional Union Party Constitutional Union Party nominated John Bell of Tennessee for president and Edward Everett of Massachusetts for vice president. The party was organized for the United States election of 1860. It comprised old-line Whigs and remnants of the American (Know-Nothing) party. Persuaded that the agitation over the slavery question could lead only to the disruption of the Union, its founders presented no platform other than a vague appeal for adherence to the Constitution, the Union, and the laws of the United States. Meeting in Baltimore in May 1860, In the November election the Constitutional Union party found its greatest strength among conservatives in the border states, where the effects of civil conflict were especially feared, although the ticket was supported throughout the nation. Bell trailed the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln, and the two Democratic nominees, Stephen A. Douglas and John C. Breckinridge, receiving 591,658 popular votes (only 12.6% of the total). He carried the states of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee with 39 electoral votes. Leaders of the party, in the ensuing months, called for reconciliation of the sections through a compromise of the slavery issue, but without success. With the coming of the Civil War the Constitutional Union Party disappeared from the political scene.
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∙ 12y agoAbraham Lincoln.
when he won presidency and before he was officially president, southern states seceded, beginning with South Carolina
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∙ 11y agoJohn Bell was the candidate for the Constitutional Union Party in the election of 1860
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∙ 9y agoAbraham Lincoln defeated Democrat Stephen Douglas in the election of 1860. This was after he lost the senate seat to Douglas only 2 years earlier.
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What four political parties were represented in the 1860 election?
There are going to be four people in the election, they are Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, John C. Bell, and John C. Breckenridge. Lincoln was for the Republican Party, Douglas was for the Northern Democrat Party, Bell was for the Constitutional Union Party, and Breckenridge was for the Southern Democrat Party. Lincoln- reunited the union Douglas- published the NorthStar Bell- i dont know Breckenridge- i dont know
Newly formed middle-of-the-road party of elderly politicians that sought compromise in 1860 but carried only three border states?
constitutional union
Which event was the immediate cause of secession of several southern states from the Union in 1860?
election of president Lincoln
Who did Abraham Lincoln defeat in his presidential elections?
In the 1860 Presidential election, he beat: Vice President John Breckenridge a Southern Democrat, Senator Stephen Douglas a Northern Democrat, and John Bell from the Constitutional Union Party, (former Whigs and Know-Nothings, combined). In 1864, the Civil War was still going on, Lincoln ran for a second term for President, and George B. McClellan ran against him.
Whose election to the prediency in 1860 led seven southern states to secede from the union?
Abraham Lincoln - the first Republican president
What political party was formed for the election of 1860 and what was its purpose?
The political party formed for the election of 1860 was the Constitutional Union party and their purpose was to preserve the Union.
Which party in the 1860 election hope to heal the political split between the north and south?
constitutional union party
Was John Bell the nominee of the southern democrats in the election of 1860?
No, John C. Breckinridge was the nominee of the Southern Democrats in the election of 1860. John Bell was the nominee of the Constitutional Union Party.
What was john bell's political party?
John Bell was the nominee of the Constitutional Union Party in the 1860 U.S. presidential election.
When was Constitutional Union Party - United States - created?
Constitutional Union Party - United States - was created in 1860.
Who were the Non republican pro union party of 1860?
Constitutional union
Who was Constitutional Union Party candidate for president in 1860?
John Bell
What new political party was formed during the presidential campaign of 1860?
constitutional union party
Newly formed middle of the road party of elderly politicians that sought compromise in 1860?
Constitutional Union Party
What were the four parties of election of 1860?
The four candidates (and their parties) running for president in 1860 were Abraham Lincoln (Republican), Stephen Douglas (North Democrat), John Breckinridge (South Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union). The winner was Abraham Lincoln.
Which party in the 1860 election hoped to heal the political split between the north and south?
The Constitutional Union Party was formed with the hopes of healing the split between the North and the South. The party lasted from 1859 to 1865. A group of Southerners formed the Constitutional Union Party in hopes of healing the rift with the north. They nominated a man from Tennessee named John Bell who claimed he could help the South keep slavery and keep the Union together at the same time.
Name of the candidate of the constitutional union party in 1860 that was popular in many of the border states?
John Bell.
