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Know Nothing party
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Know_Nothing_party
GPTKB entity
Statements (87)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:American_Party
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:declinedAfter
Rise of the Republican Party
Divisions over slavery
Loss of public support
gptkbp:dissolved
1860
gptkbp:founded
1844
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Know Nothing party
gptkbp:ideology
anti-Catholicism
anti-immigration
nativism
gptkbp:membershipBase
Native-born Protestants
Working-class Americans
gptkbp:notableAchievement
Controlled several state legislatures in the 1850s
Elected over 40 members to the U.S. Congress in 1854
Elected Millard Fillmore as presidential candidate in 1856
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:1856_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:Alabama
gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:California
gptkb:Connecticut
gptkb:Delaware
gptkb:District_of_Columbia
gptkb:Florida
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Illinois
gptkb:Indiana
gptkb:Iowa
gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Louisiana
gptkb:Maine
gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkb:Michigan
gptkb:Minnesota
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:Nevada_Territory
gptkb:New_Hampshire
gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkb:New_Mexico_Territory
gptkb:New_York
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Ohio
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:Texas
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gptkb:Vermont
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gptkb:Oklahoma_Territory
gptkb:Alaska_Territory
gptkb:Dakota_Territory
gptkb:Hawaii_Territory
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gptkb:Washington_Territory
gptkb:Kansas_Territory
gptkb:Arizona_Territory
gptkb:Colorado_Territory
gptkb:Idaho_Territory
gptkb:Indian_Territory
gptkb:Nebraska_Territory
gptkb:Oregon_Territory
gptkb:Wyoming_Territory
gptkbp:notableLeader
gptkb:Thomas_R._Whitney
gptkb:Nathaniel_P._Banks
gptkb:Samuel_Morse
gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkb:Henry_Winter_Davis
gptkb:Henry_Gardner
gptkb:Lewis_Charles_Levin
gptkbp:notablePublication
gptkb:The_American_Organ
gptkb:The_Know_Nothing_Almanac
The North American
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:origin
Secret society called the Order of the Star Spangled Banner
gptkbp:political_position
right-wing
gptkbp:slogan
gptkb:Americans_Shall_Rule_America
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:William_Poole
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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