The Convention
Twenty-six states sent 150 delegates to the national convention in September 1856. The convention met for only two days and on the second day quickly voted to nominate Fillmore, who had already been nominated by the Know Nothing party. The platform committee inserted a plank in the party platform nominating Fillmore as the Whig's candidate for president and Andrew Jackson Donelson as the vice presidential candidate. Delegates voted to adopt the platform and nominate Fillmore and Donelson.
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