Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party
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The Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party, officially known as the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota, was a left-wing American political party in Minnesota between 1918 and 1944. The FLP largely dominated Minnes
Farmer Labor Party Ballot logo
Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party political banner atop a car c. 1925
Nonpartisan League
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The Nonpartisan League was a left-wing political party founded in 1915 in North Dakota by Arthur C. Townley, a former organizer for the Socialist Party of America. On behalf of small farmers and merch
Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party
…with the state's Democratic Party, forming the contemporary Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. The Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party emerged from the Non-Partisan League (NPL), which had expanded from North Dakota into Minnesota in 1918, The beginning of the party in Minnesota arose from failures to nominate progressive…
1919 cover of the League's newspaper, The Nonpartisan Leader, portraying organized farmers and workers standing tall against big business interests.
Nonpartisan League meeting at Brush Lake, Montana.