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The Greenback party, as it was called, grew out of this policy of contraction, and for a time threatened to carry the election of a majority of the Members of Congress.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John
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 Morris, Charles
In 1876 Mr. Cooper was nominated for the presidency by the National Independent or "Greenback" party.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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 Orth, Samuel Peter
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
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 Platt, George Washington
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