No Nothing Party
KNOW-NOTHING PARTY (NATIVE AMERICANISM)
Source:
1. Lardner, John. “That was New York, the Martyrdom of Bill the Butcher.” Story of Bill Poole and others such as James W. Barker, who ran for Mayor of New York in 1854, and Millard Fillmore, who ran for President in 1856. Was a major political factor in political history of our country for only two years, 1854 and 1855. Was anti-Foreigner movement which soon branched out to include anti-Roman-Catholicism, which was the belief of most of the immigrants.
In the New Yorker, March 20, 1954, pages 41-47 and March 27, 1957, pages 38-59.
2. Mentioned in speech of Duncan Stewart included with speech of Ex-Governor Austin Blair at the Greeley-Brown ratification meeting in Detroit, 1872. (MSL: M304, S67) Speeches of Michigan men in the Senate bound in one.
3. Newspapers of period. See Lansing Republican, June 26, 1855; November 33, 1855 (re: Convention at Cincinnati); December 4, 1855 (re: anti-slavery branch).
4. Stephenson, George M. A HISTORY OF AMERICAN IMMIGRATION, 1820-1924. Boston, Ginn and Company, 1926. Vi, 316p. Part 2. One of his best chapters reviews Know-Nothing activity.
5. Porter, Kirk H. and Donald Bruce Johnson, compilers. NATIONAL PARTY PLATFORMS, 1840-1956. Urbana: University of Illinois Press 1956. Campaign of 1856. pp.22-23. Party frequently called Native American Party, but they call themselves simply the American Party in their own platform. The Whigs nominated the same candidate for president as the American party, but repudiated the American Platform and adopted one of their own.
