Unconditional Union Party
The Unconditional Union Party was a loosely organized political entity during the American Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction. First established in 1861 in Missouri, where secession talk was strong, the party fully supported the preservation of the Union at all costs. Unlike the similarly named Unionist Party, which operated throughout the North, the Unconditional Unionist Party only operated in the border states. Members included Southern Democrats who were loyal to the Union as well as elements of the old Whig Party and other factions opposed to the separate Southern Confederacy. The party was dissolved in 1866.
Unconditional Union Party | |
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"Union" ribbon, probably worn by Sol Smith of Missouri | |
| Leaders | Francis Preston Blair Jr., Thomas Swann, John P. Kennedy |
| Founded | 1861 |
| Dissolved | 1866 |
| Merger of | Unionist Party Constitutional Union Party |
| Merged into | National Union Party |
| Headquarters | Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Ideology | Unionism Big tent Abolitionism Radicalism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| National affiliation | National Union Party (1864–1866) |
| Colors | Pink |
The Unconditional Union newspaper was published in Little Rock, Arkansas 1864–1866.
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