Constitutional Union Party (United States)
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title:
Constitutional Union Party (United States)
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The Constitutional Union Party was a political party which stood in the 1860 United States elections. It mostly consisted of conservative former Whigs from the Southern United States who wanted to avoid secession over slavery and refused to join either the Republican Party or Democratic Party. The Constitutional Union Party campaigned on a simple platform "to recognize no political principle other than the Constitution of the country, the Union of the states, and the Enforcement of the Laws". Th
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United States political party (1860–1861)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Union_Party_(United_States)
date created:
2004-05-11T19:12:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T05:52:28Z
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