- This article is about United States political parties by this name. For other parties by this name see Equal Rights Party.
The Equal Rights Party was the name for several different nineteenth century political parties in the United States. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar This list of Political parties in the United States contains past and present political parties in the United States.
The first party was the Locofocos, during the 1830s and 1840s. The Locofocos were a radical faction of the Democratic Party that existed from 1835 until the mid-1840s Events and trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday. Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long.
The Anti-Rent party during the Anti-Rent War was also known by this name during the 1840s and 1850s. The Anti-Rent War (also known as the Helderberg War) was a tenants' revolt in Upstate New York during the early 19th century beginning with the death of Stephen Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman
Another party by this name ran Victoria Woodhull for President of the United States and Frederick Douglass for Vice President of the United States in the 1872 presidential election. Victoria Claflin Woodhull ( September 23, 1838 &ndash June 9, 1927) was an American suffragist who was publicized The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 14 1818 February 20 1895 was an American abolitionist, editor, Orator The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Please DO NOT flip the colors --> In the United States presidential election of 1872, incumbent President Ulysses S It was also known as the People's Party, the Cosmo-Political Party and the National Radical Reformers.
A fourth was the party that ran Belva Ann Lockwood for President in the 1884 and 1888 presidential elections and Marietta Stow and Alfred H. Love for vice president respectively. Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood (October 24 1830 – May 19 1917 was a United States Attorney, Politician, Educator and Author. The United States presidential election of 1884 featured excessive mudslinging and personal acrimony The United States Presidential Election of 1888 was held on November 6 1888 Marietta Lois Beers Stow (died 1902 ran for Governor of California as the candidate of the Women's Independent Political Party Alfred Henry Love (1885 — 1913 of Philadelphia Pennsylvania founded the Universal Peace Union in Providence Rhode Island in 1866 and served as its This was also known as the National Equal Rights Party.
References
- Fitzwilliam Byrdsall, The History of the Loco-Foco or Equal Rights Party (1842, reprinted 1967).
- Reeve Huston, Land and Freedom : Rural Society, Popular Protest, and Party Politics in Antebellum New York (2002)
- Dale L. Walker, Mary Edwards Walker : Above and Beyond (2005)
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