Populist party Sentence Examples

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.

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