Northern Democratic Party

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faction of the Democratic Party political faction

The Northern Democratic Party was the faction of the U.S. Democratic Party that represented anti-secession, pro-Union Democrats in the free states before and during the Civil War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Northern Democratic Party canonical 2
Democratic Party 1
Northern Democrats 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf faction of the Democratic Party ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod American Civil War ⓘ
Antebellum period ⓘ
baseOfSupport free states ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electoralStronghold Connecticut ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Maine ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
hadInternalDivisionWith Copperheads ⓘ
War Democrats ⓘ
historicalContext split of the Democratic Party in 1860 ⓘ
ideology anti-secession ⓘ
pro-Union ⓘ
states' rights (within the Union) ⓘ
white supremacy (historical) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mergedInto Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States) after the Civil War
nominated Stephen A. Douglas in the 1860 United States presidential election ⓘ
notableMember August Belmont Sr. ⓘ
Benjamin Wood ⓘ
Clement Vallandigham ⓘ
Daniel Sickles ⓘ
Fernando Wood ⓘ
George McClellan ⓘ
surface form: George B. McClellan

George H. Pendleton ⓘ
Horatio Seymour ⓘ
James W. Wall ⓘ
Samuel J. Tilden ⓘ
Samuel S. Cox ⓘ
Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Thomas H. Seymour ⓘ
opposedTo Confederate States of America ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)

Southern Democrats ⓘ
surface form: Southern Democratic Party

secession of Southern states ⓘ
partOf Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
position center-left ⓘ
positionOnSlavery generally opposed abolitionism ⓘ
tolerated slavery where it already existed ⓘ
region Northern United States ⓘ
supported George B. McClellan in the 1864 United States presidential election ⓘ
preservation of the Union ⓘ
war effort to restore the Union ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stephen A. Douglas → nominatedBy → Northern Democratic Party ⓘ
1848 United States presidential election → party → Northern Democratic Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Lewis Cass
this entity surface form: Democratic Party
1860 United States presidential election → partyOfStephenADouglas → Northern Democratic Party ⓘ
Wilmot Proviso → supportedBy → Northern Democratic Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Democrats