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1860 Constitutional Union Convention
The 1860 Constitutional Union National Convention met in Baltimore's Eastside District Courthouse, nominating John Bell of Tennessee for president over Governor Sam Houston of Texas on the second ballot. Edward Everett was nominated for vice-president at the convention on May 9, 1860, one week before Lincoln.〔Lossing, Benson John, ''Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 1'' (1866) Poughkeepsie, NY. Free ebook. viewed January 26, 2012. (p. 29 Bolters met at St. Andrew's Hall. )〕〔The building had been the First Presbyterian Meeting House (Two Towers Church) on Fayette Street, between Calvert and North Street, demolished before 1866 and occupied by the United States Courthouse.〕
==Background==
As the Republican Party strengthened and the Democratic Party fractured, many former Whigs and Know Nothings founded the Constitutional Union Party. who hoped to stave off the danger of secession by avoiding the slavery issue.〔Schulten, Susan (2010-11-10). "How (And Where) Lincoln Won". ''New York Times'', 10 November 2010. Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/how-and-where-lincoln-won/.〕
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