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Indiana Know Nothings Split Over Fremont and Fillmore
Indiana convention debates whether to run an independent ticket. Readers witness party divisions, editorials, and speeches by Morton, Julian, Hendricks and others as the 1856 campaign unfolds with Fremont and Fillmore taking opposing positions on slavery and reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Party
Indianapolis
R. W. Thompson
Fillmore
Donaldson
Hudson
French
Clark County
People’s State
Fremont
Indiana
Paoli Constitutionalist
Washington Telegraph
Rising Sun Visitor
Evansville Journal
Vincennes Gazette
The
Sentinel
Corydon
Rockford Herald
Buchanan
O. P. Morton
Jane
Caleb B. Smith
Ohio
Wim. Grose
Conrad Baker
S. W. Parker
W. J. Peaslee
Cassius M. Clay
Kentucky
Godlove S. Orth
H. W. Bilsworth
George W. Julian
Will Cumback
J. A. Hendricks
David Kilgore
Daniel Mace
H. E. Talbot
Reuben A. Riley
Lucian Barpour
Joseph A. Wright
A. P. Willard
Jesse B. Bright
J. L. Robinson
T. A. Hendricks
D. W. Voorhees
David Turpie
G. N. Fitch
C. L. Dunham
Wm. H. English
Joseph E. McDonald
Tippecanoe Battle Ground
Journal
Freedom
Morton
Julian
H. S. Lane
Fred Hauserick
J. H. Hull
C. O D. Murray
Republican Party
Willard
House of Representatives
Freemont
James Jockhart
W. H. English
James Hughes
James B. Foley
James M. Gregg
J. G. Davis
James Wilson
Schuyler Colfax
S. V. Brenton
J. A. Petit
People’s Party
Terre Haute Express
New Albany Weekly Tribune
Garber
Madison Courier
Free Territories
Kansas
South