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unusual facts about Populist Party



Hans Andersen Foss

A lifelong proponent of the temperance movement and the Populist Party, Foss edited several temperance publications and from 1888 to 1893 served as editor for the Norwegian language newspaper Normanden in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Jonas H. Howe

He was a close political ally of Ignatius L. Donnelly and was active in the formation and politics of the Populist Party.

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1892

Tillman had forced the state Democratic party to adopt the entire Ocala Platform in order to avoid a challenge from the Populist Party.

Thomas Tibbles

title=Populist Party Vice Presidential

Trenton Stokes

Trenton Stokes of Arkansas, in addition to Floyd Parker, was one of two men who appeared on several state ballots as the Populist Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1988.


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