One member of this party, George O. Jones, credited the absence of "cranks, leeches, and adventurers who have heretofore hindered" it with the poor attendance of one of its national conventions.
One member of this party, George O. Jones, credited the absence of "cranks, leeches, and adventurers who have heretofore hindered" it with the poor attendance of one of its national conventions. Jones had taken charge after the resignation of Edward Gillette in the face of a split between two fusion factions and one named for a character in the play A Stroke for a Bold Wife, the "Simon-Pure" Faction. Its vice-presidential candidates included Absalom West, who ran with a former Civil War general known for his failure in the Bermuda Hundred campaign and for being nicknamed "Butcher" for his infamous occupation of New Orleans. Another of this party's candidates designed and built Tom Thumb, the first American locomotive, while it was most successful in 1880 when it would run a man later famed for being the 1892 populist candidate. For 10 points name this party of Benjamin Butler, Peter Cooper, and James Weaver, an American third party with a name referring to paper money.
One member of this party, George O. Jones, credited the absence of "cranks, leeches, and adventurers who have heretofore hindered" it with the poor attendance of one of its national conventions.
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