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Document 4686
MILLARD FILLMORE. ALS: "Millard
Fillmore", 1p, 5x7¾. Buffalo, 1856 September 30. To John S.
Cunningham, Esq. In part: "I herewith return the letter which you were
so kind as to send me with many thanks for the favor. I am happy to say it
corroborates my own information...." President Fillmore failed to receive
the Whig presidential nomination in 1852, finishing second in the balloting to
Mexican War General Winfield Scott. Months before this letter on George
Washington's birthday, the American Party nominated Fillmore for President and
Andrew Jackson's adopted son, Andrew Jackson Donelson, for Vice President. The
American Party started as more of a secret society formed to restrict
immigration and exclude naturalized citizens and Roman Catholics from politics.
Its success in 1854 elections led to the 1856 national convention in
Philadelphia. When asked about the society, its members had the habit of saying
they knew nothing of the movement, thereby giving the new political force the
nickname of the "Know Nothing" Party. Five weeks after writing this letter,
Democratic nominee Buchanan defeated the new Republican Party's first nominee,
John C. Frémont by 174-114 electoral votes. Fillmore won Maryland's eight
electoral votes. Lightly creased. ¼x1-inch paper loss at lower left blank
corner. Overall, fine condition.
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