Know Nothing (English Wikipedia)

Levine, Bruce (2001). "Conservatism, Nativism, and Slavery: Thomas R. Whitney and the Origins of the Know-Nothing Party". The Journal of American History. 88 (2): 455–88. doi:10.2307/2675102. JSTOR 2675102.
Carey, Anthony Gene (1995). "Too Southern to Be Americans: Proslavery Politics and the Failure of the Know-Nothing Party in Georgia, 1854–1856". Civil War History. 41 (1): 22–40. doi:10.1353/cwh.1995.0023. ISSN 1533-6271. S2CID 144295708.
Oates, Mary J. (1988). "'Lowell': An Account of Convent Life in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1852–1890". New England Quarterly. 61 (1): 101–18. doi:10.2307/365222. JSTOR 365222. (Discusses the actual behavior of the Catholic nuns.)
Melton, Tracy Matthew (2005). Hanging Henry Gambrill: The Violent Career of Baltimore's Plug Uglies, 1854–1860. Baltimore, Maryland: The Maryland Center for History and Culture. doi:10.56021/9780938420941. ISBN 978-0-938420-94-1.
Levine, Bruce (2001). "Conservatism, Nativism, and Slavery: Thomas R. Whitney and the Origins of the Know-Nothing Party". The Journal of American History. 88 (2): 484. doi:10.2307/2675102. JSTOR 2675102. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
Anbinder, Tyler (2000). "Fillmore, Millard (1800–1874), thirteenth president of the United States". American National Biography. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0400374. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7.

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Frederick, Jeff (2002). "Unintended Consequences: The Rise and Fall of the Know-Nothing Party in Alabama". Alabama Review. 55 (1): 3–33. Retrieved January 23, 2017.^{[dead link]}

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Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Know Nothing Party" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 877.

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Lord, Robert Howard; Harrington, Edward T. & Sexton, John E. (1945). History of the Archdiocese of Boston in the Various Stages of Development, 1604 to 1943. Vol. 2. Boston: The Pilot Publishing Co. pp. 686–99. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via HathiTrust.

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Bouligny, John Edward (February 5, 1861). Feb. 5, 1861: Secession of Louisiana (PDF) (Speech). Speech in the House of Representatives. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.

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Levine, Bruce (2001). "Conservatism, Nativism, and Slavery: Thomas R. Whitney and the Origins of the Know-Nothing Party". The Journal of American History. 88 (2): 455–88. doi:10.2307/2675102. JSTOR 2675102.
Rabinowitz, Howard N. (March 1988). "Nativism, Bigotry and Anti-Semitism in the South". American Jewish History. 77 (3): 437–51. JSTOR 23883316.
Bladek, John David (1998). "'Virginia Is Middle Ground': The Know Nothing Party and the Virginia Gubernatorial Election of 1855". Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 106 (1): 35–70. JSTOR 4249690..
Deusner, Charles E. (April 1963). "The Know Nothing Riots in Louisville". Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. 61 (2): 122–47. JSTOR 23375884.
Tuska, Benjamin R. (1925). "Know-Nothingism in Baltimore 1854–1860". The Catholic Historical Review. 11 (2): 217–51. ISSN 0008-8080. JSTOR 25012185.
Ruchames, Louis (1952). "The Abolitionists and the Jews". Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society. 42 (2): 138. ISSN 0146-5511. JSTOR 43057515.
Oates, Mary J. (1988). "'Lowell': An Account of Convent Life in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1852–1890". New England Quarterly. 61 (1): 101–18. doi:10.2307/365222. JSTOR 365222. (Discusses the actual behavior of the Catholic nuns.)
Broussard, James H. (1966). "Some Determinants of Know-Nothing Electoral Strength in the South, 1856". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 7 (1): 5–20. JSTOR 4230880.
Rice, Philip Morrison (1947). "The Know-Nothing Party in Virginia, 1854–1856". Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 55 (1): 66. JSTOR 245457.
Rice, Philip Morrison (1947). "The Know-Nothing Party in Virginia, 1854–1856 (Concluded)". Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 55 (2): 159–67. JSTOR 4245471.
Levine, Bruce (2001). "Conservatism, Nativism, and Slavery: Thomas R. Whitney and the Origins of the Know-Nothing Party". The Journal of American History. 88 (2): 484. doi:10.2307/2675102. JSTOR 2675102. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
Kellogg, Louise Phelps (September 1918). "The Bennett Law in Wisconsin". Wisconsin Magazine of History. 2 (1): 13. JSTOR 4630124.
Cantrell, Gregg (January 1993). "Sam Houston and the Know-Nothings: A Reappraisal". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 96 (3): 327–43. JSTOR 30237138.

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Hall, Ryan M. (2015). A Glorious Assemblage: The Rise of the Know-Nothing Party in Louisiana (MA). Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
Tarver, Jerry L. (1964). A Rhetorical Analysis of Selected Ante-Bellum Speeches by Randell Hunt (PhD). Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

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Taylor, Stephen (2000). "Progressive Nativism: The Know-Nothing Party in Massachusetts" (PDF). Historical Journal of Massachusetts. 28 (2): 167–84.
Mulkern, John R. (1983). "Scandal Behind the Convent Walls: The Know-Nothing Nunnery Committee of 1855" (PDF). Historical Journal of Massachusetts. 11 (1): 22–34. Retrieved April 25, 2023.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Letter to Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855" (1855-08-24). Papers of Abraham Lincoln Digital Library, p. 8. Springfield, Illinois: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. (Note: Original manuscript held by Massachusetts Historical Society.)

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Kiedrowski, Jay (September 9, 2016). "Trump: A throwback to the Know-Nothing Party of the 1850s". MinnPost. Retrieved November 15, 2017.

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Reston, Laura (July 30, 2015). "Donald Trump Isn't The First Know Nothing to Capture American Hearts". The New Republic. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

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"American Convention". The South-Western. Shreveport, Louisiana. September 5, 1855. p. 1. Retrieved October 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. That while we resist all encroachments of spiritual power upon our political rights, we disclaim the calumnious charge of our own opponents that we require a religious test to qualify native born citizens to hold office or enjoy the full rights of citizenship.
"1844 Brooklyn Municipal Election Results". The Brooklyn Eagle. April 13, 1845.
"1845 Brooklyn Municipal Election Results". The Brooklyn Eagle. April 9, 1845.
"1844 Brooklyn Municipal Election Results". The Brooklyn Eagle. April 15, 1846.
"1854 Baltimore Municipal Election Results". The Baltimore Sun. October 12, 1854.
"1854 Brooklyn Municipal Election Results". The Brooklyn Eagle. November 9, 1854.
"1856 Baltimore Municipal Election Results". The Baltimore Sun. October 9, 1856.
"1856 New Orleans Municipal Election Results". The Daily Picayune. June 5, 1856.
"1856 Brooklyn Municipal Election Results". The Brooklyn Eagle. November 7, 1856.
"1858 Baltimore Municipal Election Results". The Baltimore Sun. October 14, 1856.
"1858 New Orleans Municipal Election Results". The Daily Picayune. June 10, 1858.
"1860 Baltimore Municipal Election Results". The Baltimore Sun. October 11, 1856.
"1858 New Orleans Municipal Election Results". The Daily Picayune. June 6, 1860.

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Cassidy, John (December 28, 2015). "Donald Trump Isn't a Fascist; He's a Media-Savvy Know-Nothing". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

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Lincoln, Abraham (August 24, 1855). "Lincoln on the Know Nothing Party (Letter to Joshua F. Speed)". Lincoln Home National Historic Site, U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

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Leonard, Ira M. (April 1966). "The Rise and Fall of the American Republican Party in New York City, 1843–1845". New-York Historical Society Quarterly. 50 (2): 151–92. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.

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Kazin, Michael (March 22, 2016). "How Can Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Both Be 'Populist'?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
"The Immigration Deal". The New York Times. May 20, 2007.

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Egan, Timothy (August 27, 2010). "Building a Nation of Know-Nothings". The New York Times.

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Kierdorf, Douglas (January 10, 2016). "Getting to know the Know-Nothings". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.

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Gienapp, William E. "Salmon P. Chase, Nativism, and the Formation of the Republican Party in Ohio". Ohio History. 93: 22, 24. Retrieved April 25, 2023.

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Levine, Bruce (2001). "Conservatism, Nativism, and Slavery: Thomas R. Whitney and the Origins of the Know-Nothing Party". The Journal of American History. 88 (2): 484. doi:10.2307/2675102. JSTOR 2675102. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

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Kemp, Bill (January 17, 2016). "'Know Nothings' Opposed Immigration in Lincoln's Day". The Pantagraph. Retrieved April 11, 2016.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Letter to Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855" (1855-08-24). Papers of Abraham Lincoln Digital Library, p. 8. Springfield, Illinois: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. (Note: Original manuscript held by Massachusetts Historical Society.)

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Kaufman, Scott Eric (December 16, 2015). "Former NY Governor George Pataki: Donald Trump is the 'Know Nothing' candidate of the 21st Century". Salon. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

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Carey, Anthony Gene (1995). "Too Southern to Be Americans: Proslavery Politics and the Failure of the Know-Nothing Party in Georgia, 1854–1856". Civil War History. 41 (1): 22–40. doi:10.1353/cwh.1995.0023. ISSN 1533-6271. S2CID 144295708.

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"Launches in the United States for the Past Month". The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Commercial Review. Vol. I, no. 2. November 1854. p. 140 – via Smithsonian Libraries.

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Boissoneault, Lorraine (January 26, 2017). "How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2020.

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Nevius, James (August 15, 2015). "Donald Trump is an immigration Know-Nothing, and dangerous for Republicans". The Guardian. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

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Raleigh, Helen (September 19, 2015). "Is Trump Turning the GOP Into the 'Know Nothing' Party?". Townhall. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

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Farrell, Robert N. (2017). No Foreign Despots on Southern Soil: The American Party in Alabama and South Carolina, 1850-1857 (MA). Hattiesburg, Mississippi: University of Southern Mississippi. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

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"Library Exhibits | Know Nothings". exhibits.library.villanova.edu. Villanova University.

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Kazin, Michael (March 22, 2016). "How Can Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Both Be 'Populist'?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
Boissoneault, Lorraine (January 26, 2017). "How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
Kierdorf, Douglas (January 10, 2016). "Getting to know the Know-Nothings". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
Leonard, Ira M. (April 1966). "The Rise and Fall of the American Republican Party in New York City, 1843–1845". New-York Historical Society Quarterly. 50 (2): 151–92. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
Bouligny, John Edward (February 5, 1861). Feb. 5, 1861: Secession of Louisiana (PDF) (Speech). Speech in the House of Representatives. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
Raleigh, Helen (September 19, 2015). "Is Trump Turning the GOP Into the 'Know Nothing' Party?". Townhall. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

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Anbinder, Tyler (1992). Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings and the Politics of the 1850s. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-19-507233-4. OCLC 925224120 – via Google Books.
Wilentz, Sean (2005). The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln (1st ed.). New York, New York: W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 681–82, 693. ISBN 0-393-05820-4. OCLC 57414581.
McPherson, James M. (1988). Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-19-503863-0. OCLC 15550774.
LeMay, Michael C. (2012). Transforming America: Perspectives on U.S. Immigration. Volume 1, The Making of a Nation of Nations: The Founding to 1865. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger Publishers. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-313-39644-1. OCLC 828743108.
Miller, Richard Lawrence (2012). Lincoln and His World. Vol. 4, The Path to the Presidency, 1854–1860. Jefferson, North Carolina: Mcfarland & Company Inc. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-0-7864-8812-4. OCLC 775680836.
Carey, Anthony Gene (1995). "Too Southern to Be Americans: Proslavery Politics and the Failure of the Know-Nothing Party in Georgia, 1854–1856". Civil War History. 41 (1): 22–40. doi:10.1353/cwh.1995.0023. ISSN 1533-6271. S2CID 144295708.
Tuska, Benjamin R. (1925). "Know-Nothingism in Baltimore 1854–1860". The Catholic Historical Review. 11 (2): 217–51. ISSN 0008-8080. JSTOR 25012185.
Ruchames, Louis (1952). "The Abolitionists and the Jews". Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society. 42 (2): 138. ISSN 0146-5511. JSTOR 43057515.
Renda, Lex (1997). Running on the Record: Civil War-Era Politics in New Hampshire. Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia. pp. 54, 211, Table 15. ISBN 0-8139-1722-0. OCLC 36065963.
Carriere, Marius M. Jr. (2018). The Know Nothings in Louisiana. Jackson, Mississippi: University of Mississippi Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-4968-1688-7. OCLC 1021063970 – via Google Books.

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