William Pefferof Kansas andTom Watsonof Georgia became the party's first Senators in 1891. The following year, the party's presidential candidate,James Weaver, received 1,041,028 votes and won four states. In the mid-term elections of 1894 the party received 1,400,000 votes and elected si...
and the introduction of an eight-hour workday. In the 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 heteroge...
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...
In It Can’t Happen Here, Senator Buzz Windrip wins the 1936 presidential election, and quickly turns to brutal authoritarian rule. Opponents flee to Canada, before rallying a resistance movement that leads to civil war. Ultimately, Windrip is deposed in a military coup. Lewis’s somewhat dida...
” Georgia Populist lawmaker Tom Watson, who would go on to be the party’s vice-presidential candidate in 1896, announced that the Populists were determined to “make lynch law odious to the people.” Addressing white and black working Americans, he pronounced an indictment of racism that ...
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 ...