Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Taron Kasa na Jam'iyyar Republican na 1856
wanda Frémont ya jagoranta, mai bincike da jami'in soja wanda ya yi aiki a cikin yakin Mexico-Amurka. The Know Nothings, wanda ya yi watsi da bautar kuma a maimakon haka ya jaddada ka'idojin da suka saba wa shige da fice da kuma anti-Catholic, ya zabi tikitin da tsohon shugaban Whig Millard Fillmore ya jagoranci. Rikicin siyasa na cikin gida shine babban abin da ya haifar da nadin Buchanan da Fillmore, waɗanda suka yi kira a wani ɓangare saboda lokacin da suka yi a ƙasashen waje, kuma tare da gaskiyar cewa ba su da matsayi a kan batutuwan da suka shafi bautar.