New York's state Constitutional Union Party Convention was held at the Mechanics' Hall in Utica, New York. It endorsed unanimously the candidacies of John Bell and Edward Everett and named a committee to select electors. Speakers included former governor Washington Hunt and former congressman James Brooks, both ex-Whigs who would soon migrate to the Democratic Party when the Constitutional Union failed to gather momentum in New York. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"General Telegraphic News: The Constitutional Union Convention in Utica," New York Times, July 13, 1860.
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