Constitutional Union Party (Noun)
Meaning
A former political party in the United States; formed in 1859 by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Constitutional Union Party was formed in 1860 by politicians who had once belonged to the Whig party, who had disintegrated.
- John Bell, the presidential candidate of the Constitutional Union Party, won three states in the election of 1860.
- In 1860, the Constitutional Union Party ran its first and only presidential campaign behind the ticket of John Bell and Edward Everett.
- The Constitutional Union Party existed for only six months after the election of 1860 and officially declared itself dissolved on May 9, 1861.
- The Constitutional Union Party drew support from many former Whigs in the Upper South who were moderates on the issues of slavery and states' rights.