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{{Short description|Governor of Texas from 1857 to 1859}} |office = Governor of Texas ...

...d ballot of the convention, defeating Everett, Governor [[Sam Houston]] of Texas, Senator [[John J. Crittenden]] of Kentucky, former Governor [[William Alex ...uge: Louisiana State University Press, 1950).</ref>{{rp|304}} By 1859, the Know Nothing movement had collapsed, but some former Southern Whigs who refused ...

...ef name="GPA" /> That year, the company was sold and moved to [[McKinney, Texas]], where a nut-processing operation continues.<ref name=SSN>{{cite web|titl ...rl=http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/story-of-the-week/2001/sweet-nothings.html|work=National Trust for Historic Preservation|accessdate=2014-05-05|da ...

...es/hebert-paul-octave | last=Cutrer | first=Thomas W. | series=Handbook of Texas Online | date=January 1, 1995}}</ref> ...now Nothings. He still appointed some Whigs to minor offices and some Know Nothings to lucrative posts. He was considered very independent in his appointments ...

...bassadors of the United States to Texas|United States Chargé d'Affaires to Texas]] | otherparty = [[Know Nothing]] (1856)<br />[[Constitutional Union Party (United States)|Constitu ...

...}}<br>[[Union Party (United States, 1850)|Union]] {{small|(1850–54)}}<br>[[Know-Nothing]] {{small|(1854–56)}}<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republi ...nd nation-wide, while he was living there during the late [[1850s]], the [[know Nothing]]s were a anti-immigrant, anti-Roman Catholic splinter extremist mo ...

| state = [[Texas]] ...ice1 = [[Railroad Commission of Texas|Railroad Commissioner of Texas]] ...

...y = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]<ref name=notable /> <br/> [[Know Nothing]] (1856)<ref>[[William Gannaway Brownlow]], ''[https://books.google ...ed States Congress for [[Tennessee's 3rd congressional district]] on the [[Know Nothing]] ticket, but ultimately lost the election to the incumbent [[Samue ...

...n]], in 1842 and lived there for about a year. In 1843 he made a trip to [[Texas]] on horseback and on his return stopped in [[Carrolton, Kentucky]]; he so ...Senator, the Senate had a tie vote. Knowing that given the number of Know-Nothings in the House they would be a majority in a joint session, Willard refused t ...

| city = [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] | state = [[Texas]] ...

...ent Tennessee Volunteers on June 3, 1846, and arrived with his regiment in Texas the following month.<ref name=thm>St. George L. Sioussat, "Mexican War Lett ...mpbell threw his support behind the [[Know Nothing|American Party]] ("Know Nothings"), which many Tennessee Whigs had joined. He was again appointed to a circu ...

| unit = {{flagicon|Texas}} [[Terry's Texas Rangers|8th Texas Cavalry]] | commands = 37th Texas Cavalry ...

...lition of Representatives led by [[Nathaniel P. Banks]], a member of the [[Know Nothing|American Party]]. * February 18, 1856: The American Party ([[Know-Nothing movement|Know-Nothings]]) nominated their first [[President of the United States|Presidential]] ca ...

|party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] (until 1854),<br />[[Know Nothing|American]] (1855–59),<br />[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democ ...1841. In 1836 he raised a company of volunteers and marched to defend the Texas frontier against the Indians, but his force disbanded on hearing of General ...

*Do I Know Their Names? *Song of Nothings: In the Mountain's Shadow at Delphi ...

| otherparty = [[Know Nothing|American]] (until 1859) In 1842, Allen moved to the newly independent [[Republic of Texas]], serving briefly in Texan Army. He returned to Mississippi six months lat ...

| party1 = Know Nothing | party1 = Know Nothing ...

...were more opportunities for his political ambitions. Hindman opposed the [[Know-Nothing]] party and Arkansas's [[Conway-Johnson family|ruling Conway-Johnso ..., Hindman suffered an eye injury. He was placed on leave and traveled to [[Texas]] with his family. When the Confederacy collapsed in 1865, he fled to Mexic ...

| order = 7th [[Governor of Texas]] | state1 = [[Texas]] ...

|party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]<br/> [[Know Nothing|American]] In 1835, Brown moved to Texas, but quickly grew disillusioned with the lack of organization there, and re ...