Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - The Know Nothing National Convention yakasarudza Fillmore kuti ave purezidhendi, asi kusawirirana pamusoro pechimiro chepurogiramu yebato pamusoro poranda kwakaita kuti Vazivi-Vazhinji vokuchamhembe vasiye bato racho. Munguvayi, 1856 Republican National Convention
John C. Frémont akasarudzwa somumiriri wepurezidhendi webato racho. Kupanduka kwevakawanda veNorthern Know-Nothings, pamwe chete nekurohwa kwaCharles Sumner nezvimwe zviitiko zvakamutsa kusawirirana pakati pemapoka, zvakasimbisa maRepublicans muNorth yose. Mukati mokutsvaka kwake, Fillmore akarerutsa nhau ye nativism, panzvimbo pokuedza kushandisa mushandirapamwe wake sepuratifomu yekubatana uye kumutsidzirwa kweWhig Party.