After the break-up of the Whig Party , Hunt , despite his previous association with the Seward/Weed faction of the party , was among the more conservative Whigs who refused to join the Republicans . Hunt was the chairman of the 1856 Whig National Convention and supported his fellow New York Whig , former president Millard Fillmore for the presidency in that year . In 1860 , Hunt joined the Constitutional Union Party and supported its nominee for the presidency , John Bell . After it became clear that Bell could not win on his own in New York , Hunt was involved in the formation of a fusion ticket with the supporters of Democrat Stephen Douglas
1856 Whig National Convention
1856 Whig National Convention
Washington Hunt