The Anti-Nebraska coaltion and the emergence of the Republican Party in New Hampshire: 1853-1857: Historical New Hampshire/ by Thomas Bright.

Title:

The Anti-Nebraska coaltion and the emergence of the Republican Party in New Hampshire: 1853-1857: Historical New Hampshire/ by Thomas Bright.

Author:

Bright, Thomas,

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1972.

Physical Description:

p. 57-88: illustrations.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1972 Vol. 27, Issue 2 (Summer 1972) Historical New Hampshire

Description:

In the second American party system, 1828-44, Jacksonian Democrats opposed banks, corporations, government-financed internal improvements, and Federal interference with slavery, at least in New Hampshire, which they controlled. Neither party was strong for social reforms, but more Whigs were for temperance. Democrat John P. Hale's bolt in 1845 over the annexation of Texas led to victories for the 1847 Whig-Free Soil coalition. The Compromise of 1850 detached more Democrats who could not support the Fugitive Slave Act. The Nebraska territorial bill further eroded the Democrats, who could not elect either U.S. Senator for New Hampshire in the summer of 1854. A State prohibition bill further fractured the Democrats, one-quarter of whom supported it. Banks and corporations were dead issues to Democrats. Late in 1854 the nativist Americans began to draw from all three parties. These "Know Nothings" emerged in the March 1855 election with governorship and a large majority under their label. Soon calling themselves "Anti-Nebraska Americans," they elected U.S. Senators, removed Democrats from offices, and adopted the Free Soil and prohibition platforms. Their antiforeign actions were moderate. The "American Republicans," including all but a few die-hard Whigs, won State and presidential elections in 1856 and dominated New Hampshire politics for a century. They were, in platform and leadership, the old Whig Party writ large, with infusion of former Democrats for whom free soil, prohibition, or nativism were the most important issues.

Subjects:

Politics and government.

People:

Hale, John P. (John Parker), 1806-1873. , 10Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869. , Ershkowitz, Herbert. , Tuck, Amos, 1810-1879. , Hill, Isaac, 1789-1851. , Bell, James, 1804-1857.

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New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.

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