Tag: know nothings
Lincoln, the Know Nothings, and Immigrant America
Originally Posted January 19, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq. in The Immigrants’ Civil War Rumors circulated during Lincoln’s 1860 run for the presidency that he…
The Lasting Impact of the Know Nothings on Immigrant America
Published originally on January 13, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger More than a decade of Know Nothing violence and propaganda had a dramatic impact on the immigrant communities that were…
The Know Nothings: From Triumph to Collapse
Originally posted December 16, 2011 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger August 6, 1855, was supposed to be election day in…
The Evolution of the Know Nothings
Posted December 1, 2011 by Patrick Young in The Immigrants’ Civil War. The Know Nothing Party sprang to life in the wake of the massive immigration from Ireland and…
Inside the Mind of a Know Nothing
Originally published November 16, 2011 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Henry Winter Davis served in Congress in the 1850s and…
Col. Fremont Not A Roman Catholic-The Religious Divide in the 1856 Election
John C. Fremont was a national hero in the 1840s after he led exploratory expeditions in the West. Dubbed “The Pathfinder of the West,” he…