William Morgan (anti-Mason)
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William Morgan was a resident of Batavia, New York, whose disappearance and presumed murder in 1826 ignited a powerful movement against the Freemasons, a fraternal society that had become influential
1829 illustration of Morgan by The Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon
William Morgan Pillar, April 2011
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Anti-Masonic Party
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The Anti-Masonic Party was the earliest third party in the United States. Formally a single-issue party, it strongly opposed Freemasonry in the United States. It was active from the late 1820s, especi
William Morgan (anti-Mason)
…Morgan's disappearance and presumed death sparked a public outcry and inspired Thurlow Weed and others to harness the discontent by founding the new Anti-Masonic Party in opposition to President Andrew Jackson's Democrats. It ran a presidential candidate in 1832 but was nearly defunct by 1835. Morgan was born in…
Thurlow Weed, newspaper editor who helped form the Anti-Masonic Party
Solomon Southwick, newspaper publisher and 1828 Anti-Masonic candidate for Governor of New York
Former Mason William Wirt won Vermont's Electoral College votes in the 1832 presidential election for the Anti-Masonic Party