Union Party (United States)
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The Union Party was a short-lived political party in the United States, formed in 1935 by a coalition of radio priest Father Charles Coughlin, old-age pension advocate Francis Townsend, and Gerald L.
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Charles Coughlin
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Charles Edward Coughlin, commonly known as Father Coughlin, was a Canadian-American Catholic priest based near Detroit. He was the founding priest of the National Shrine of the Little Flower. Dubbed "
Union Party (United States)
…The Union Party was a short-lived political party in the United States, formed in 1935 by a coalition of radio priest Father Charles Coughlin, old-age pension advocate Francis Townsend, and Gerald L. K. Smith, who had taken control of Huey Long's Share Our Wealth (SOW) movement after Long's…
Father Coughlin in 1933
Charity Crucifixion Tower in front of National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak, Michigan
President Roosevelt
Father Coughlin (right) and Senator Elmer Thomas on the cover of Time Magazine (1934)