Fusion Party is a term that may have a variety of meanings in the political history of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
The Fusion Party was the original name of the Republican Party in the state of Ohio. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads In 1854, anti-slavery parties were forming in many northern states in opposition to the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands repealed the Missouri Compromise of While many of these state parties adopted the name "Republican", the Ohio convention adopted the name "Fusionist" or "Fusion Party", which they felt more accurately described the fusion of person from a variety of political backgrounds, including members of the Free Soil Party, the Conscience Whig Party, the Know-Nothing Party, as well as members of the Democratic Party who were opposed to slavery. The "Conscience" Whigs were a faction of the Whig Party in Massachusetts noted for their moral opposition to Slavery. The Know Nothing movement was a Nativist American political movement of the 1850s The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party.
Fusion Party in South Dakota
In South Dakota, the Fusion Party was a short-lived political party that existed in the late 19th and early 20th Century. South Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The party was formed in 1896 from an alliance of Democrats, Free Silver Republicans, and Populists who were opposed to the platform of the state Republican Party. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The Silver Republican Party was a United States political faction active in the 1890s The Populist Party (also known as the People's Party) was a relatively short-lived Political party in the United States in the late 18th century [1] The party elected a total of 56 representatives to the state legislature during its brief existence. The South Dakota State Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of South Dakota. [2] In addition, Senator Richard F. Pettigrew, who served from 1889-1901, was the Fusion Party candidate for Senate in 1900, having left the Republican Party to join the Silver Republicans in 1896. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Richard Franklin Pettigrew ( July 23, 1848 - October 5, 1926) was an American lawyer surveyor, and land developer [3] South Dakota Governor Andrew E. Lee was also an elected to his second term as a Fusionist. The Governor of South Dakota is the head of the executive branch of the government of South Dakota. Andrew E Lee ( March 18, 1847 March 19, 1934) was an American politician and a businessman [4]
Electoral Fusion
At other times, the term "Fusion" candidate did not refer to a candidate from a specific party, but rather represented an electoral technique in which a candidate was nominated by more than one political party. In the general election, people could vote for a candidate under their preferred political party. All the votes for a single candidate cast under different parties would be totaled, thus enabling smaller parties to sometimes defeat a larger party. Fusion candidates were common in the 1880s and 1890s. Many states have since passed laws prohibiting candidates from being listed on the ballot under more than one party. See electoral fusion. Electoral fusion is an arrangement where two or more political parties support a common Candidate, pooling the votes for all those parties
Sources
- Fusion Party Ohio History Central
- Fusion: Multiple Party Nomination in the United States by Steve Cobble and Sarah Siskind
- ^ Goodspeed, Arthur (1904). The Province and the States, Vol. VI, 331-358.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature: Legislator Historical Listing.
- ^ Kingsbury, George W. (1915). History of Dakota Territory, 34-39.
- ^ Biography of Andrew E. Lee National Governors Association. The National Governors Association (NGA is a primarily taxpayer-funded lobbying Organization of the Governors of the fifty U
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