Constitutional Union Party

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The Constitutional Union Party was a short-lived U.S. political party formed in 1860 that sought to preserve the Union and avoid secession by downplaying the slavery issue and emphasizing loyalty to the Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States political party ⓘ
defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activePeriod 1860 United States presidential election ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineCause outbreak of the American Civil War ⓘ
dissolved 1860s ⓘ
downplayedIssue slavery ⓘ
electoralVotesReceived 39 ⓘ
formedFrom Know Nothings ⓘ
Southern moderates ⓘ
former Whigs ⓘ
founded 1860 ⓘ
goal avoid secession ⓘ
preserve the Union ⓘ
historicalContext pre–American Civil War period ⓘ
ideology constitutionalism ⓘ
unionism ⓘ
keyIssue loyalty to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
opposition to secession ⓘ
preservation of the Union ⓘ
legacy example of centrist unionist politics before the Civil War ⓘ
mottoOrSlogan The Constitution, the Union, and the Enforcement of the Laws ⓘ
nominatedForPresident John Bell ⓘ
nominatedForVicePresident Edward Everett ⓘ
notableLeader Edward Everett ⓘ
John Bell ⓘ
opposedTo Republican Party ⓘ
Southern Democratic secessionists ⓘ
popularVoteShare about 12.6 percent ⓘ
positionOnSlavery downplayed slavery issue ⓘ
presidentialCandidate John Bell ⓘ
presidentialElection 1860 United States presidential election ⓘ
soughtSupportFrom former Whigs ⓘ
moderate voters ⓘ
strongestSupportRegion Upper South ⓘ
strongestSupportState Kentucky ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
vicePresidentialCandidate Edward Everett ⓘ
wonElectoralVotesFrom Kentucky ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander H. Stephens → memberOfPoliticalParty → Constitutional Union Party ⓘ
John Bell → memberOfPoliticalParty → Constitutional Union Party ⓘ
John Bell → nominatedBy → Constitutional Union Party ⓘ
1860 United States presidential election → partyOfJohnBell → Constitutional Union Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Union Party
Robert Toombs → memberOfPoliticalParty → Constitutional Union Party ⓘ