Marcus Pomeroy organized support for this party in Chicago and Richard Trevellick led it in the Detroit area.
Marcus Pomeroy organized support for this party in Chicago and Richard Trevellick led it in the Detroit area. In their first national election Newton Booth was nominated for Vice President and when he declined Samuel Cary received the honor. They nominated Peter Cooper, the inventor of the Tom Thumb locomotive, for president in 1876 and in 1880 named James Weaver as their candidate for president. For 10 points, name this 19th-century American political party who named Benjamin Butler for president in 1884, ruined by the Bland-Allison Act, who took their name from their intent to promote currency expansion.
Marcus Pomeroy organized support for this party in Chicago and Richard Trevellick led it in the Detroit area.
Greenback Party or National Party or Independent Party