Millard Fillmore Wins In 1856

What would be the implications of Millard Fillmore, for whatever reason, becoming president in 1856?
 
Are you asking to have win the 1856 election, or be president in 1856?:confused:
Obviously it's the former.

It'd be incredibly tough, considering he only carried one state in OTL. I guess you'd have to expand the Know-Nothing movement enough to sap votes from Buchanan and Fremont. And consolidate it to a geographic area, perhaps, so that it translates to electoral votes.
 
Obviously it's the former.

It'd be incredibly tough, considering he only carried one state in OTL. I guess you'd have to expand the Know-Nothing movement enough to sap votes from Buchanan and Fremont. And consolidate it to a geographic area, perhaps, so that it translates to electoral votes.

Fillmore was also a lousy candidate. His Compromise of 1850 left nearly everyone bothered.
 
Let's forget about how and think of the implications behind the Know-Nothings winning the election.
 
Do American Party candidates get elected to Congress in large numbers or is Fillmore elected in isolation? If it's the former, then going by the stated American Party platform, there would be a pronounced shift toward America being a more nativist and anti-Catholic nation.

From Wikipedia --
The platform of the American Party called for, among other things:
  • Severe limits on immigration, especially from Catholic countries
  • Restricting political office to native-born Americans
  • Mandating a wait of 21 years before an immigrant could gain citizenship
  • Restricting public school teachers to Protestants
  • Mandating daily Bible readings in public schools
  • Restricting the sale of liquor
 
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