People's Party

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The People's Party was a late 19th-century American political party that championed agrarian interests and economic reforms such as railroad regulation, a graduated income tax, and the free coinage of silver.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
People's Party canonical 11
People's Party (United States) 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
third party in the United States ⓘ
activePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
adoptedPlatform Omaha Platform ⓘ
advocatedPolicy banking reform ⓘ
direct election of U.S. senators ⓘ
free coinage of silver ⓘ
graduated income tax ⓘ
initiative and referendum ⓘ
railroad regulation ⓘ
restrictions on immigration ⓘ
shorter workday ⓘ
subtreasury plan ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
color green ⓘ
silver ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved early 1900s ⓘ
founded 1891 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Nebraska ⓘ
ideology agrarianism ⓘ
populism ⓘ
progressivism ⓘ
influenced Democratic Party platform of 1896 ⓘ
Progressive Era reforms ⓘ
later agrarian movements in the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSupportBase farmers ⓘ
rural laborers ⓘ
small landowners ⓘ
mergedInto Democratic Party ⓘ
notableElection United States presidential election of 1892 ⓘ
United States presidential election of 1896 ⓘ
opposedPolicy gold standard ⓘ
laissez-faire capitalism ⓘ
monopolies ⓘ
railroad trusts ⓘ
originatedFrom Farmers' Alliance ⓘ
Knights of Labor ⓘ
platformAdopted 1892 ⓘ
platformDocument Omaha Platform ⓘ
politicalPosition center-left ⓘ
left-wing ⓘ
presidentialCandidate James B. Weaver ⓘ
William Jennings Bryan ⓘ
shortName Populists ⓘ
vicePresidentialCandidate James G. Field ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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Populist movement → hasPart → People's Party ⓘ
Populist movement → hasKeyOrganization → People's Party ⓘ
PP → fullNameInEnglish → People's Party ⓘ
PP → isCommonlyKnownAs → People's Party ⓘ
Greenback Party → succeededBy → People's Party ⓘ
Thomas E. Watson → politicalParty → People's Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: People's Party
Thomas E. Watson → nominatedBy → People's Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: People's Party
Thomas E. Watson → memberOfPoliticalParty → People's Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: People's Party
Farmers' Alliance → influenced → People's Party ⓘ
Farmers' Alliance → helpedForm → People's Party ⓘ
Jacob Coxey → politicalParty → People's Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Jacob
Silverite movement → influenced → People's Party ⓘ