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 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