Third Party Movements and Their Political Impact
Elmo Scott Watson analyzes the historical rise of third parties in American politics. He recalls episodes from 1812 to 1832 including the Peace party, Peoples party, Coalition party and the Anti Masonic movement led by Thurlow Weed and Thaddeus Stevens, noting their influence on major party fortunes and electoral outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakr Shouie
William
Eee
Peace Party
Peoples Party
Henry Crey
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Adams
William Morgan
Batavia
N. Y
Morgan
New York
Thurlow Weed
Thaddeus Stevens
Pennsylvania
Des Moines
America
Illinois
Ohio River
Alfred M. Landon
New England
Delaware
Kansas
Jim Farley
Early American third parties and their fading influence
The piece traces the rise and decline of the anti slavery Liberty party led by James Birney and later Know Nothing agitation. It notes Birneys limited vote totals in 1840 and 1844, the Free Soil movement affecting elections, and the split leading to Van Burens 1848 bid with Barnburners alongside the Buffalo convention. It also mentions the Native American Know Nothing party and its Irish immigrant backlash context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William Wirt
Maryland
Monroe
Amos Elmaker
New York
Vermont
Whigs
Liberty Party
James G. Birney
Kentucky
Harrison
van Buren
Birney
Cass
Michigan
Utica
Martin van Buren
James E. Polk
Tennessee
Buffalo
N. Y
Free Soil Party
Zachary Taylor
Free Soilers
John P. Hale
New Hampshire
Free Soil
Winfield Scott
Franklin Pierce
Native American Party
Know-Nothings
New York City
Forties
Ireland
Order of the Star Seungied
Mally
Know - Nothings
New Republican Party
John C. Fremont
Fremont
Philadelphia
American Party
Millard Fillmore
A. J. Donelson
James Buchanan
Fillmore
Stephen A. Douglas
Illinois
John C. Breckenridge
Buchanan
Breckenridge
Douglas
Constitutional Union Party
John C. Bell
Lincoln
Third party movements reshape U.S. presidential elections
The text traces the rise and impact of third parties from the Know-Nothings in the 1850s through the Populists and Greens, noting key figures like Fremont, Lincoln, Bryan, and Roosevelt. It highlights how splinters and coalitions influenced electoral outcomes and party realignments across decades.
Campaign views on Roosevelt Landon split and Iowa outlook
The piece surveys a highly divided 1930s national race with Roosevelt and Landon factions, noting cross endorsements from prominent figures and the public’s split on liquor and tariffs. It highlights Iowa as pivotal, with Lowden support, Dickinson’s Senate uncertainty, and Wilson’s governor fate amid high taxes. Roosevelt housing plans loom, facing cost challenges and political risk.
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Dickinson
Louis Murphy
Berry F. Halden
Lucas County
Guy M. Gillette
George A. Wilson
Wilson
Clyde L. Herring
Frank 0. Lowden
Inois
Iowa
Frank Lowden
Warren G. Harding
Clinois
Minnesota
Lowden
London
Lowdon
Roosevelt
Official Safe Cracking Promised For 1976 Capitol Treasure
Curiosa Americana recounts Mrs. C. F. Deihm’s centennial safe idea from 1876 for Philadelphia’s Centennial exposition. The iron safe was placed in Statuary Hall rather than the Capitol rotunda, doors misaligned, key lost, and no one remembers the combination. An official 1976 opening was planned but uncertain who would perform the rite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Capitol
Washington
C. F. Deihm
Memorial Hall
Dei
Capitol
Statuary Hall
Chamber
House of Representatives
Hayes
Aater Congress
Punctuation Lesson From An Early American Primer
An old time schoolbook demonstrated punctuation by a verse about right and wrong using numbered hands and feet. The excerpt presents a nonsensical list of scenes attempted to be made sensible through proper spacing and commas.
In Memoriam Epitaph From France on Everlasting Lamp
A London Answers note recalls a Paris grave inscription for Pierre Victor Fournier who supposedly invented an everlasting lamp. The urn bears a burning lamp and an inscription about fuel cost, while his inconsolable widow supposedly continues his business on Rue aux Trois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Pierre Victor Fournier
Rue Aux Trois
London
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Elmo Scott Watson
Grant
Cincinnati
Horace Greeley
B. Gratz Brown
Missouri
Greeley
Brown
Louisville
Charles O’conor
John Quincy
James EB. Weaver
Greenback Party
Peter Cooper
Greenbackers
Weaver
Agricultural West
West
People’s Party
Nebraska
Congress
Greenback
Democratic Party
William Jennings Bryan
Thomas E. Watson
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Wisconsin
Calvin Coolidge
John W. Davis LaFollette
Oees
William Wiet
John C. Beeckenridge
Ay Carter Field
Carter Glass
Robert M. Lafollette
Ogden L. Mills
Gerald P. Nye
Landon
William Randolph Hearst
The
Chicago Tribune
New York Herald Tribune
Joseph T. Robinson
Felix Frankfurter
Mordecai Ezekiel
Gifford Pinchot
Harry Flood Byrd
Millard E. Tydings
China
Liberty League
Alfred E. Smith
Iowa Battlefield
Towa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
L. J. Dickinson
White House
General Electric
Owen D. Young
Electric Company
Curiosa
Western Newspaper Union
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