1860 Constitutional Union Convention

1860 Constitutional Union National Convention
1860 presidential election
Nominees
Bell and Everett
Convention
Date(s)May 9–10, 1860
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Candidates
Presidential nomineeJohn Bell of Tennessee
Vice-presidential nomineeEdward Everett of
Massachusetts

The 1860 Constitutional Union National Convention met on May 9, 1860, in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the only national convention ever held by the Constitutional Union Party, which was organized largely by former Whig Party members from the Southern United States who opposed secession. The convention nominated former Senator John Bell of Tennessee for president and former Secretary of State Edward Everett of Massachusetts for vice president.

Bell won the presidential nomination on the second ballot of the convention, defeating Everett, Governor Sam Houston of Texas, Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky, former Governor William Alexander Graham of North Carolina, Associate Justice John McLean of Ohio, and several other candidates. In the 1860 presidential election, Bell and Everett finished third in the electoral vote and fourth in the popular vote.


1860 Constitutional Union Convention

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