Greenback party
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a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
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Greenback Partynounhistory a political party formed after the Civil War advocating the use of fiat money and opposing the reduction of paper currency
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He was a Democrat and a member of Tammany Hall, but toward the latter part of his life he became a leader of the Greenback party, being a candidate for President on that ticket.
From Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by Harry A. Lewis
The Independent Greenback party also nominated a ticket, at the head of which was the venerable philanthropist, Peter Cooper, of New York, with Samuel F. Cary, of Ohio, the candidate for the vice-presidency.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
The Greenback party polled 81,740 votes, the Prohibition 9,522, and the American 2,636, none gaining an electoral vote.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
For some years the political labor movement lost its independent character and was absorbed by the Greenback party which offered a meeting-ground for discontented farmers and restless workingmen.
From The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners by Samuel Peter Orth
One could see the supports of the Greenback party vanishing as he went on.
From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 by Andrew Dickson White
After the war, he failed to win public office and joined the nascent Greenback Party, which demanded a greater money supply, expanded business regulations, and more progressive labor policies.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2023
As for the Greenback Party, when only seven delegates appeared at an 1888 national convention of the group, the party faded from existence.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
In 1876 he ran for president as the 85 year-old candidate of the Greenback Party.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2014
The Greenback Party, which clamored for cheap money, elected 15 Congressmen in the off year of 1878, but could garner only 307,306 votes for its presidential candidate in 1880.
From Time Magazine Archive
This practically settled the question of Currency Contraction, although the Greenback Party, created by this agitation, was in existence until the resumption of specie payments in 1879.
From A History of the Republican Party by George Washington Platt
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