The Constitutional Union Party was a political party which ran in the 1860 United States elections. It mostly consisted of conservative former Whigs from the Southern United States who wanted to avoid
1860 election campaign poster
Senator John J. Crittenden founded the party.
Presidential nominee John Bell of Tennessee
A United States presidential election was held on November 6, 1860. The Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged victorious.
Constitutional Union Party (United States)
…the Republican Party at a higher rate than pre-war Democrats. Some of these scalawags continued to identify primarily as Whigs as late as the 1890s. 1860 United States presidential election Party Platform of 1860…
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Former Representative Abraham Lincoln from Illinois
Senator William H. Seward from New York
Senator Simon Cameron from Pennsylvania