Know Nothing party

GPTKB entity

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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
gptkb:Utah_Territory
gptkb:Vermont
gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkb:Oklahoma_Territory
gptkb:Alaska_Territory
gptkb:Dakota_Territory
gptkb:Hawaii_Territory
gptkb:Montana_Territory
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 6