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Definition of Constitutional union party
1. Noun. A former political party in the United States; formed in 1859 by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Constitutional Union Party
Literary usage of Constitutional union party
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1892)
"... themselves the Constitutional Union party met in convention at Baltimore.
It was a highly respectable body, and not to be despised in point of ability. ..."
2. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis (1881)
"The Democratic Convention at Charleston, its Divisions and Disruption.—The
Nominations at Baltimore.—The " Constitutional-Union " Party and its Nominees. ..."
3. The Library of Original Sources by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1907)
"When the war broke out the members of the Constitutional Union party in the North
joined the Republican forces, and in the far South, at least, were carried ..."
4. Political Parties in the United States 1800-1914: A List of References by Alta Blanche Claflin, New York Public Library (1915)
"SKK p. box 1 constitutional union party A union of members from the old ...
GENERAL WORKS Richardson, Charles F. The Constitutional Union party of 1860. ..."
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