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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Though he had been a hard-money Democrat, he joined the Greenback party after the Civil War, and in 1876 was its candidate for the presidency, but received only 81,740 out of the 8,412,833 votes cast.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
A Greenback party, affiliating with labor and anti-monopoly interests, had nominated Weaver in 1880 and Butler in 1884, but even inflationists had not voted for the ticket in large number.
From The New Nation by William E. Dodd
It didn't make any difference what the Greenback party, or the Republican and Democratic parties, or the Communists were croaking about; the immense harvests of the West indicated that nothing was the matter.
From T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
The Greenback party, the Labor party, the various Socialist parties, and other reform organizations of a political character have made unequivocal declarations for woman suffrage and welcomed women as delegates.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper
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
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
Greenback Party, 146; in 1876, 177; in 1880, 194.
From A History of the Republican Party by George Washington Platt
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