Anti-Masonic Party
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The Anti-Masonic Party was the earliest third party in the United States. Formally a single-issue party, it strongly opposed Freemasonry in the United States. It was active from the late 1820s, especi
William Morgan, whose disappearance and probable murder led to creation of the Anti-Masonic Party
Thurlow Weed, newspaper editor who helped form the Anti-Masonic Party
Solomon Southwick, newspaper publisher and 1828 Anti-Masonic candidate for Governor of New York
Former Mason William Wirt won Vermont's Electoral College votes in the 1832 presidential election for the Anti-Masonic Party
John Quincy Adams
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John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825; minister to Great Brit
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…Van Buren and the rival Clintonian faction of Governor DeWitt Clinton. The party also initially opposed the National Republican Party of President John Quincy Adams because it included Masons, but by 1830 the Anti-Masons had attracted many National Republicans to the fold, including Adams himself. When the Anti-Masonic…
Daguerreotype, c. 1843–1848
John Quincy Adams, age 29 by John Singleton Copley
Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams by Gilbert Stuart, 1821-26
1815 US passport issued by John Quincy Adams at London