In the 1896 presidential election the leaders of the Populist Party entered into talks withWilliam J. Bryan, the proposedDemocratic Partycandidate. They thought they had an agreement thatTom Watsonwould become Bryan's running mate. After giving their support to Bryan he announced that Arthur Sewall...
presidential election of November 1892, Populist candidate J. B. Weaver received more than 1 million votes. In the 1896 election the Populists campaigned jointly with the Democratic Party, endorsing its candidate, W. J. Bryan. The heterogeneous makeup of the party made for instability and ...
1892(名词)“民粹主义的追随者”,也可以用大写的P-来表示“民粹党的成员;”1893(形容词);美国英语,来自拉丁语populus“人民”(见people(名词))+ -ist。最初指的是美国Populist Party(民粹党)(或People's Party(人民党)),这个党成立于1892年2月,旨在促进对农民和工人来说很重要的一些问题(货币扩张、铁路的国...
It was also in 1892 that the national People’s Party was founded—and soon became known as the Populist Party in the political shorthand of the day. In their landmark Omaha Platform, the insurgent leaders of the Populist movement declared “that the civil war is over, and that every passi...
In 1892 the Populist presidential candidate,James B. Weaver, polled 22electoralvotes and more than one million popular votes. By fusing with Democrats in certain states, the party elected several members to Congress, three governors, and hundreds of minor officials and legislators, nearly all in ...