The 1896 United States presidential election in Utah was held on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Elect
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William Mc Kinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896
Liberal Party (Utah)
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The Liberal Party was a political party established in the latter half of the 1800s in Utah Territory before the national Democrats and Republicans established themselves in Utah in the early 1890s.
1896 United States presidential election in Utah
…statehood. Consequently, Utah territorial politics until 1891 was dominated by the Mormon-hierarchy-controlled "People's Party" and the anti-Mormon "Liberal Party". Those Mormons who did affiliate with national parties generally were Democrats, who lacked moral qualms associated with polygamy and slavery – although…
The Liberal Party believed the economic future of Utah Territory lay in mining, and Utah miners, typically non-Mormon, often became key Liberal Party voters.
The Deseret Evening News, owned by the LDS Church, served as the de facto People's Party organ and regularly denounced the Liberal Party in its pages.
The Old Tooele County Courthouse, the site of the contentious Tooele Republic power struggle in 1874
Fred J. Kiesel, elected as Liberal mayor of Ogden in 1889