Anti-Masonic Party

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The Anti-Masonic Party was an early 19th-century American political party, notable as the first third party in the United States and founded in opposition to the perceived influence and secrecy of Freemasonry in public life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
third party in the United States ⓘ
coreIssue opposition to Masonic influence in government ⓘ
opposition to elitism ⓘ
promotion of government transparency ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved around 1838 ⓘ
mid-1830s ⓘ
electoralBase artisans ⓘ
evangelical Protestants ⓘ
small farmers ⓘ
firstNationalConventionLocation Baltimore, Maryland ⓘ
firstNationalConventionYear 1831 ⓘ
founded late 1820s ⓘ
hasCause Morgan affair ⓘ
disappearance of William Morgan ⓘ
historicalEra Jacksonian era ⓘ
ideology anti-Masonry ⓘ
moral reform ⓘ
populism ⓘ
inception 1828 ⓘ
influenced Republican Party ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
legacy helped institutionalize third-party movements in the United States ⓘ
pioneered national party conventions in U.S. politics ⓘ
mergedInto Whig Party ⓘ
nominatedForPresident William Wirt ⓘ
notableAs first U.S. party to hold a national nominating convention ⓘ
first third party in the United States ⓘ
opposedPolitician Andrew Jackson ⓘ
opposedTo Freemasonry ⓘ
linked to: Freemasons

secret societies ⓘ
politicalPosition center-right ⓘ
presidentialElection United States presidential election of 1832 ⓘ
prominentMember John Quincy Adams ⓘ
Millard Fillmore ⓘ
Thurlow Weed ⓘ
William H. Seward ⓘ
publication Anti-Masonic newspapers ⓘ
region Northeastern United States ⓘ
sloganOrTheme defense of republican virtue against secret influence ⓘ
strongestIn Massachusetts ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Vermont ⓘ
supportedPolicy internal improvements ⓘ
protective tariffs ⓘ

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Joseph Ritner → memberOfPoliticalParty → Anti-Masonic Party ⓘ
Amos Ellmaker → memberOfPoliticalParty → Anti-Masonic Party ⓘ
William Wirt → politicalParty → Anti-Masonic Party ⓘ
William Wirt → representedPoliticalPartyInElection → Anti-Masonic Party in the 1832 U.S. presidential election ⓘ
linked to: Anti-Masonic Party
George Chambers (Pennsylvania politician) → memberOfPoliticalParty → Anti-Masonic Party ⓘ
subject linked to: George Chambers
Joseph Ritner → politicalAlignment → Anti-Masonic Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Ritner