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2 unusual facts about Free Soil Party


John Pierpont

He ran for Massachusetts governor during the 1840s as a Liberty Party candidate, and in 1850 as a Free Soil Party candidate for the US House of Representatives.

Obed Hale

Obed Pease Hale (1809–1892) was an American farmer from Paris, Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, having been elected to represent the newly created Kenosha County.


Alexander De Witt

In federal politics, DeWitt was elected as a Free-Soil candidate to the United States Congress in 1853.

George M. Robinson

George M. Robinson was an American from Salem, Wisconsin, who served a single one-year term as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from southern Racine County, succeeding fellow Free Soiler Herman Thorp.

Oliver Dyer

It was used not only for courtroom testimony but also for recording political events such as the Free Soil Convention in Buffalo, New York, and sessions of the 30th United States Congress in Washington, D.C., in 1848.


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