Anti-Masonic party

American  

noun

U.S. History.

1. a former political party (1826–35) that opposed Freemasonry in civil affairs.

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Example Sentences

In 1828 the Anti-Masonic party, having no members of congress to act as leaders, held a "people's convention."

From Studies in Civics by McCleary, J. T. (James Thompson)

On September 26, 1831, 113 delegates of the Anti-Masonic party, representing thirteen States, met in a national convention in Baltimore.

From The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization by Orth, Samuel Peter

During the Anti-Masonic craze in the last century, the above minute was extensively used by the political leaders of the Anti-Masonic party to strengthen their claim that Washington had never presided over any Masonic Lodge.

From Washington's Masonic Correspondence As Found among the Washington Papers in the Library of Congress by Washington, George

But the National nominating convention, as we know it, was used for the first time by the Anti-Masonic party, which selected William Wirt for its candidate in 1831.

From Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition by James, J.A.