[DOC] [TLE] Henry Wilson - Wikipedia [PAR] Henry Wilson was the 18th Vice President of the United States (187375) and a 
Senator from .... As a result of this effort, in late 1845 Wilson and abolitionist John 
Greenleaf ... Having left the Whig Party, Wilson worked to build coalitions with 
others ... He had briefly joined the Know-Nothings in an attempt to strengthen 
their... [DOC] [TLE] Henry Wilson - History Central [PAR] Wilson, Henry (1812-1875) Vice President of the United States ... In 1848, he left 
the Whig party because of its indecisiveness on slavery, which he strongly... [DOC] [TLE] Henry Wilson (18731875)Miller Center [PAR] Henry Wilson was born on February 16, 1812, in Farmington, New Hampshire. ... 
a member of the Whig Party but left the party in 1848 because he did not think it 
had a ... or Know-Nothing Party but soon left it because of its anti-immigrant 
stances. ... Wilson to run with President Ulysses S. Grant, after Vice President 
Schuyler... [DOC] [TLE] Presidential Elections - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com [PAR] Only electoral votes are recorded here, because most states still did not select ... 
Nor was there a separate vote for president and vice president until the Twelfth 
..... Former Whigs and Know-Nothings formed the Constitutional Union party, ... 
The vice-presidential candidates were Republican senator Henry Wilson of... [DOC] [TLE] Brief History of the Republican Party - III Publishing home [PAR] The northern Whigs mostly hopped on the American Party on their way to ... of the 
Whigs to take a stand, as a national party, against extending slavery left a 
political ... "Know Nothings," they did not come out as the American Party until 
after their ... But they were divided by the slavery issue, and by 1858 most 
American Party... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Lincoln and the Know Nothing movement" [PAR] In 1856 the Republicans failed to elect their candidate for President; in 1860 they 
... 1 * The nativist vote was credited with the large vote for the Whig candidates ... 
Many Free Soilers joined the Know Nothings because it was distinct from the ... 
46 On the third day of their session they elected Know Nothing Henry Wilson to... [DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln and William H. Seward - Abraham Lincoln's ... [PAR] Seward and Mr. Lincoln first met during the 1848 Whig presidential ... 6 Mr. 
Lincoln was impressed by Seward's serious disposition speech on that issue. .... 
General James Grant Wilson recalled this story of the two officials: One day the 
... Seward once said in a Senate debate: I know nothing, I care nothing, I never 
did,... [DOC] [TLE] Politics in the Gilded Age: 1865-1900 - Sage American History [PAR] During the Gilded Age, 1876-1900, Congress was known for being rowdy and ... 
parties hesitant to take strong stands on any issue for fear of alienating blocs of 
voters. ... Starting with General Grant, Republicans nominated former Civil War 
officers ... They were shunned by Catholics because of their opposition to 
parochial... [DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Some former Whigs and Know-Nothings formed the Constitutional Union party, ... 
image, with its connotation of the right to rise blending into his stand opposing 
slave labor, ... H. Stephens, Lincoln's friend from his first stay in Washington, vice 
president. .... In February 1862, Grant captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson 
with... [DOC] [TLE] Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 ... [PAR] Thus the question was left open for the national election of 1848. ... gave it later 
his sanction as a way of avoiding a direct issue on the Wilmot Proviso; .... and 
Henry Wilsonannounced, amidst demonstrations of disfavor, their ... Sumner 
awaited the result of the Whig convention with indifference. ..... Nothing but 
politics now. [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Helm Bristow [PAR] Chapter I: Bristow family tree, Helm Place, Henry Shreve, Whig Party, Henry Clay, 
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Question: Henry Wilson, later Grant's VP, left the Whigs & the Know-Nothings because of their soft stands on this issue
Answer: slavery