Labor Party (United States, 19th century)
number of political parties in the US in the 19th century
Labor Party was the name or partial name of a number of United States political parties which were organized during the 1870s and 1880s.
History
In 1867, the first American chapter of the International Workingmen's Association opened. In 1873, the Workingmen's Party of Illinois is formed. In 1874, the Social-Democratic Workingmen's Party of North America was formed. In the 1870s, the Social Political Workingmen's Society of Cincinnati was formed. In 1876, all four merged into the Workingmen's Party of the United States. In 1877, that became the Socialist Labor Party of North America.
In 1877, the Workingman's Party was formed in California, led by Denis Kearney. By 1879, it was powerful enough to help re-write the state constitution of California, inserting provisions intended to curb the powers of capital and to abolish Chinese contract labor.
In 1878, the Greenback Party, under the influence of leaders of organized labor, changed its name to the Greenback Labor Party.
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