Liberal Party of New York
The Liberal Party of New York is a political party in New York. Its platform supports a standard set of socially liberal policies, including abortion rights, increased spending on education, and universal health care.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. was elected to the United States House of Representatives on the Liberal ballot line in a 1949 special election. Roosevelt later served as the party's gubernatorial nominee in the 1966 election.
A cheering group of people point to a campaign banner that reads, "Register to Vote, Enroll Liberal Party."
Liberal Party rally in support of John F. Kennedy for president, 1960. Party leader David Dubinsky is at the podium.
Mario Cuomo ran for mayor of New York City in the 1977 election with the party's nomination against Democratic nominee Ed Koch. His son, Andrew Cuomo, was the party's last gubernatorial nominee.
The American Labor Party (ALP) was a political party in the United States established in 1936 that was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party of America who had established themselves as the Social Democratic Federation (SDF). The party was intended to parallel the role of the British Labour Party, serving as an umbrella organization to unite New York social democrats of the SDF with trade unionists who would otherwise support candidates of the Republican and Democratic parties.
Women surrounded by posters in English and Yiddish supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert H. Lehman, and the American Labor Party teach other women how to vote, 1936.
The American Labor Party elected five men to the New York State Assembly in 1937, shown here. Seated (L-R): Frank Monaco, Nathaniel M. Minkoff. Standing: Gerard J. Muccigrosso (leaning on desk), Salvatore T. DeMatteo, Benjamin Brenner, Saul Minkoff, Jr., clerk, and Samuel Puner, official American Labor Party lobbyist.
Pinback button issued by the American Labor Party.