Populist Party

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:advocatesFor direct election of Senators
free silver
government ownership of railroads
graduated income tax
immigration restrictions
postal savings banks
secret ballot
shorter workweek
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:People's_Party
gptkbp:color green
silver
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1908
gptkbp:founded 1891
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Omaha,_Nebraska
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Populist Party
gptkbp:ideology progressivism
agrarianism
populism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Progressive_Party
New Deal policies
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:notableAchievement elected several members to Congress
influenced Democratic Party platform in 1896
won several state governorships
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:1892_United_States_presidential_election
gptkb:1896_United_States_presidential_election
gptkb:Omaha_Platform
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:James_B._Weaver
gptkb:Marion_Butler
gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Lease
gptkb:Thomas_E._Watson
gptkb:William_Peffer
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:The_National_Economist
The Representative
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:William_Jennings_Bryan
gptkb:James_B._Weaver
gptkb:Thomas_E._Watson
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Farmers'_Alliance
gptkb:Knights_of_Labor
gptkbp:platform gptkb:Omaha_Platform
gptkbp:political_position left-wing
gptkbp:slogan The people against the elite
gptkbp:supports farmers
laborers
rural Americans
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:silver_standard
gptkb:People's_Party_(United_States)
gptkb:James_B._Weaver
gptkb:Granger_Movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5