Members of this party joined former Whigs to form the Constitutional Union Party which nominated Edward Everett and John Bell in the 1860 election, and this party gained its nickname from Horace Greeley.
One member of this party, Levi Boone, incited the Lager Beer Riot when he proposed closing taverns on Sundays as Mayor of Chicago. John Neely Johnson defeated incumbent John Bigler to become Governor of California on this ticket, and Nathaniel Banks was this party's only Speaker of the House. This party's only national convention was held in Philadelphia, and they chose Andrew Jackson Donelson as their VP candidate. This party was originally founded as the Order of the Star Spangled Banner, and it disintegrated following an election in which it won only Maryland. Members of this party joined former Whigs to form the Constitutional Union Party which nominated Edward Everett and John Bell in the 1860 election, and this party gained its nickname from Horace Greeley. For 10 points, name this third party which ignored the slavery issue and garnered a fifth of the vote in 1856 for Milliard Fillmore by capitalizing on anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic hysteria.
One member of this party, Levi Boone, incited the Lager Beer Riot when he proposed closing taverns on Sundays as Mayor of Chicago.
{Know Nothings} [or {American} Party; or {Native American} Party]