Populist party

Cultural  

1. A third-party movement that sprang up in the 1890s and drew support especially from disgruntled farmers. The Populists were particularly known for advocating the unlimited coinage of silver. The party endorsed William Jennings Bryan, a champion of free silver, in the presidential election of 1896.

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Example Sentences

Those echoes have powerful appeal around here, too, not far from where the Populist party convened with William Jennings Bryan in Omaha just before the turn of the 20th century.

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2019

After briefly threatening to upend America’s two-party system, the Populist party collapsed after selecting the Democratic nominee for president, William Jennings Bryan, who lost in 1896.

From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2019

His grandfather, "Uncle Tommy" Meredith, ran a newspaper in Des Moines, The Farmers' Tribune, which cheered for the defunct Populist party.

From Time Magazine Archive

As non-partisan movements they gained adherents before the Populist party died out, and were pressed more and more seriously upon reluctant organizations.

From The New Nation by Dodd, William E.

The background of 1896 is to be found in the South and West, where the farmers' alliances and the Populist party continued their success in arousing and directing the ambitions of the discontented classes.

From The United States Since the Civil War by Lingley, Charles Ramsdell