Populist party Sentence Examples

In 1891 the Populist party was organized, but it never succeeded in securing a majority of the votes in the state.

In 1900 he was nominated for the presidency by the Democratic, Silver Republican, and Populist party conventions; but although "imperialism" was declared to be the paramount issue, he had insisted that the "platforms" should contain explicit advocacy of free-coinage, and this declaration, combined with the popularity of President McKinley, the Republican candidate for re-election, again turned the scales against him.

The regular Democratic ticket was elected and the new party was then merged into the Populist party.