Sentence examples for nothing candidate for from inspiring English sources

In 1856, a popular Know Nothing candidate for president, George Law, was hoist on his own xenophobic petard when supposed evidence of his foreign birth emerged.

Accordingly, when the Know Nothing candidate for governor, Judge William Loving, withdrew from the race due to failing health, the influx of ex-Whigs nominated Morehead to replace him for the gubernatorial election of 1855.

She published a series of lectures on the "Catholic menace" in 1854 and The Great American Battle, a Know-Nothing apology, in 1856, and in the latter year she campaigned widely for Millard Fillmore, the Know-Nothing candidate for president.

In 1855 was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, running on a ticket with Beverly L. Clarke, who was defeated by Know Nothing candidate Charles S. Morehead.

"I think Christine was a candidate for nothing.

"As we have said time and again on this," he said in an e-mailed statement, "there is nothing to be a candidate for since the job doesn't actually exist.

There is nothing more frustrating to a candidate for political office than running against a front-runner who just will not engage.

It shouldn't be know-nothing candidates.