Silver Republican Party

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The Silver Republican Party was a late 19th-century U.S. political party that split from the Republicans to advocate for the free coinage of silver and bimetallism during the monetary policy debates of the 1890s.

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Silver Republican Party canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
activeDuring 1890s monetary policy debates ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved early 1900s ⓘ
historicalContext Panic of 1893 and subsequent depression ⓘ
linked to: Panic of 1893
ideology bimetallism ⓘ
free silver ⓘ
issueFocus coinage of silver ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
mainSupportBase farmers concerned about deflation ⓘ
silver-mining interests ⓘ
mergedInto Democratic Party ⓘ
Populist Party ⓘ
linked to: Greenback Party
namedAfter silver ⓘ
opposedBy Gold Democrats ⓘ
opposedParty Republican Party ⓘ
opposedPolicy gold-only monetary standard ⓘ
originatedAs split from Republican Party ⓘ
partOf Free Silver movement ⓘ
politicalPosition center-left on economic issues of its time ⓘ
positionOnMonetaryPolicy opposition to gold standard ⓘ
support for free coinage of silver ⓘ
regionOfSupport Mountain states ⓘ
Western United States ⓘ
startTime 1890s ⓘ
supportedCandidate William Jennings Bryan ⓘ
supportedElection United States presidential election of 1896 ⓘ
supportedPolicy bimetallic standard of gold and silver ⓘ
timePeriod Gilded Age ⓘ
Progressive Era (early overlap) ⓘ
linked to: Progressive Era

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John F. Shafroth → memberOfPoliticalParty → Silver Republican Party ⓘ
John F. Shafroth → memberOfPoliticalParty → Silver Republican Party ⓘ
subject linked to: John