What is Constitutional Union Party?
{{Infobox political party |name=Constitutional Union Party |logo= |colorcode={{party color|Constitutional Union Party (United States)}} |foundation={{start date|df=yes|1860}} |ideology=American nationalism<br>Conservatism |headquarters=[[Atlanta, Georgia]] |leader1_title=Leader |leader1_name=John Bell |dissolution={{end date|df=yes|1861}} |merger=[[Know-Nothing Party]]<br>Opposition Party |successor=Unionist Party |position=[[Big tent]] <br> Preserve the Union |colors={{color box|{{party color|Constitutional Union Party (United States)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Orange (color)|Orange]] |country=United States }} The '''Constitutional Union Party''' was an [[United States|American]] [[political party]]. It was one of four major parties to have candidates in the [[1860 United States presidential election]] right before the [[American Civil War]]. It was made up of former [[Whig Party (United States)|Whigs]] and [[Know-Nothing Party|Know-Nothings]] who had not joined the Republican Party, and people from the South who wanted the Union to stay together. It had one idea - keeping the United States together. It ran [[John Bell]] for President and [[Edward Everett]] for Vice-President. They got about one eighth of the popular vote, mostly from the South and the border states. {{multistub|US|history|politics}} [[Category:Political parties in the United States]]