The Liberty Party was an abolitionist political party in the United States before the American Civil War. The party experienced its greatest activity during the 1840s, while remnants persisted as late
James G. Birney, Liberty Party leader and candidate for president in 1840 and 1844.
Joshua Leavitt, influential editor of The Emancipator and an anti-coalitionist.
Salmon P. Chase, future chief justice and author of the 1843 Liberty Party platform.
Senator John P. Hale of New Hampshire, the original nominee of the Liberty Party for president in 1848.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 7, 1848 in the aftermath of the Mexican–American War. General Zachary Taylor of the Whig Party defeated Senator Lewis Cass of the Demo
Zachary Taylor restored and cropped
Lewis Cass
Martin Van Buren daguerreotype by Mathew Brady circa 1849 edit 1
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