Opposition Party (Southern U.S.)

Opposition Party
LeadersJohn Adams Gilmer
John Netherland
Founded1858 (1858)
Dissolved1860 (1860)
Preceded byWhig Party
Unionist Party
Merged intoConstitutional Union Party
IdeologyPro-slavery
Nativism
Southern unionism
Whiggism
Political positionFar-right
Colors  Yellow

The Opposition Party was a third party in the South in the years just before the American Civil War.


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