Greenback Party
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The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology which was active from 1874 to 1889. The party ran candidates in three presidential elections, in 1876, 1880 and 1884,
A $5 United States Note of the series of 1862 popularly known as a "greenback" from the color of ink used on the reverse
Salmon P. Chase, Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, was a leading exponent of so-called "greenback" currency during the American Civil War
Contemporary news illustration of a run on the 4th National Bank of New York during the Panic of 1873
Peter Cooper of New York, presidential candidate of the Greenback Party.
Benjamin Butler
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Benjamin Franklin Butler was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler was
Greenback Party
…money New York Governor Stewart L. Woodford set the stage for a rapid but brief rise in party national influence. Decline and dissolution Representative Benjamin F. Butler of Massachusetts was the Greenback nominee for president in 1884 The Greenback Party was in decline throughout the entire Grover Cleveland administration…
Portrait by Mathew Brady c. 1870–1879
Portrait of Butler with his dog c. 1845–1847
Engraving depicting the Baltimore riot of 1861
General Benjamin F. Butler's Headquarters, New Orleans