Constitutional Union Party

There have been at least three political parties named the Constitutional Union Party.

  • The Constitutional Union Party (United States) was a party that was active in the United States on a national level in 1860. The first Constitutional Union Party (Georgia, United States) was formed in Georgia in 1850 in that state's efforts to galvanize the state and the American South's support of the Compromise of 1850.
  • The Constitutional Union (Morocco) is a liberal conservative political party in Morocco.

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