James B. Weaver and Related Topics

1880 United States presidential election

The 24th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1880.

A cartoon from Harper's Weekly suggests that defeated Confederates will overturn the results of the Civil War should Hancock be elected.

Hancock's blunder about tariffs may have harmed his standing with Northern industrial workers.

Chester Arthur succeeded to the presidency upon Garfield's 1881 assassination.

Ulysses S. Grant ( President of the United States 1869–1877)

John Sherman ( Secretary of the Treasury)

James A. Garfield ( A U.S representative form Ohio)

Winfield Scott Hancock ( U.S Major General)

Thomas F. Bayard ( U.S senator from Delaware)

Samuel J. Randall ( The speaker of the house of Representatives and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus)

Map of presidential election results by county

Map of Republican presidential election results by county

Map of Democratic presidential election results by county

Map of "other" presidential election results by county

Cartogram of presidential election results by county

Cartogram of Republican presidential election results by county

Cartogram of Democratic presidential election results by county

Cartogram of "other" presidential election results by county

The dominance of the two major parties began to fray as an upstart left-wing party, the Greenback Party, nominated another Civil War general for president, Iowa Congressman James B. Weaver.

Economist Edward Kellogg was an early advocate of fiat money.

People's Party (United States)

Left-wing agrarian populist late-19th-century political party in the United States.

Charles W. Macune, one of the leaders of the Farmers' Alliance

People's Party candidate nominating convention held at Columbus, Nebraska, July 15, 1890

1892 People's Party campaign poster promoting James Weaver for President of the United States

In 1896, the 36-year-old William Jennings Bryan was the chosen candidate resulting from the fusion of the Democrats and the People's Party.

People's Party campaign poster from 1904 touting the candidacy of Thomas E. Watson

In the 1892 presidential election, the Populist ticket of James B. Weaver and James G. Field won 8.5% of the popular vote and carried four Western states, becoming the first third party since the end of the American Civil War to win electoral votes.

1892 United States presidential election

The 27th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1892.

National Prohibition Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1892.

Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote

Map of Populist presidential election results by county

Cartogram of Populist presidential election results by county

It had a ticket led by former Congressman James B. Weaver of Iowa.

1896 United States presidential election

The 28th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1896.

Bryan's famous "cross of gold" speech gave him the presidential nomination and swung the party to the silver cause

The National "Gold" Democratic Convention

Conservatives said that Bryan (the Populist snake) was taking over (swallowing) the Democratic Party (the mule). Cartoon from "Judge" magazine, 1896.

Bryan's imposing voice and height made a deep impression on many who thronged to hear him.

Bryan traveled 18,000 miles in 3 months, concentrating on the critical states of the Midwest.

The National "Gold" Democratic Party undercut Bryan by dividing the Democratic vote and denouncing his platform.

In the presidential election of 1892, Populist candidate James B. Weaver carried four states, and in 1894, the Populists scored victories in congressional and state legislature races in a number of Southern and Western states.

William Jennings Bryan

American lawyer, orator and politician.

Attorney Mary Baird Bryan, the wife of William Jennings Bryan

"UNITED SNAKES OF AMERICA" "IN BRYAN WE TRUST" political satire token of 1896, known as "Bryan Money"

Bryan campaigning for president, October 1896

The United States and its colonial possessions after the Spanish–American War

Conservatives in 1900 ridiculed Bryan's eclectic platform.

William J Bryan in 1906 as Moses with new 10 commandments; Puck 19 sept 1906 by Joseph Keppler. Tablet reads: l-Thou shalt have no other leaders before me. II—Thou shalt not make unto thyself any high Protective Tariff. Ill—Eight hours, and no more, shalt thou labor and do all thy work. IV—Thou shalt not graft. V—Thou shalt not elect thy Senators save by Popular Vote. VI—Thou shalt not grant rebates unto thy neighbor. VII—Thou shalt not make combinations in restraint of trade. VIII—Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's income, but shall make him pay a tax upon it. IX—There shall be no more government by injunction. X—Remember Election Day to vote it early. P.S.— When in doubt, ask Me.

Bryan speaking at the 1908 Democratic National Convention

Bryan attending the 1912 Democratic National Convention

Bryan served as Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson

Cartoon of Secretary of State Bryan reading war news in 1914

Villa Serena, Bryan's home built in 1913 at Miami, Florida

At the Scopes Trial, William Jennings Bryan (seated, left) being questioned by Clarence Darrow (standing, right).

Statue of Bryan on the lawn of the Rhea County courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee

Bryan sought re-election in 1892 with the support of many Populists and he backed Populist presidential candidate James B. Weaver instead of the Democratic presidential candidate, Grover Cleveland.

A $5 United States Note of the series of 1862 popularly known as a "greenback". owing to the color of ink used on the reverse

Greenback Party

American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology which was active between 1874 and 1889.

Salmon P. Chase, Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, was a leading exponent of so-called "greenback" currency during the American Civil War

Contemporary news illustration of a run on the 4th National Bank of New York during the Panic of 1873

Peter Cooper of New York, presidential candidate of the Greenback Party.

James B. Weaver, presidential nominee of the Greenback Labor Party, was later a prominent figure in the Populist movement.

Representative Benjamin F. Butler of Massachusetts was the Greenback nominee for president in 1884

In the election of 1884, the party failed to win any House seats outright, although they did win one seat in conjunction with Plains States Democrats, James B. Weaver, as well as a handful of other seats by endorsing the Democratic nominee.

Drawing in Frank Leslie's of panicked stockbrokers on May 9, 1893.

Panic of 1893

Economic depression in the United States that began in 1893 and ended in 1897.

The pro-Republican Judge magazine blamed the Panic of 1893 on the Democratic victory in the 1892 election.

The 1896 Broadway melodrama The War of Wealth was inspired by the panic of 1893.

The Grand Central Depot was an important hub for rail transportation, a major part of the shipping industry in the late nineteenth century

Established in 1891 as a result of the Populist movement, the People's Party reached its zenith in the 1892 presidential election, when its ticket, comprised of James B. Weaver and James G. Field, won 8.5% of the popular vote and carried five states (Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, and North Dakota), and the 1894 House of Representatives elections when it won nine seats.

46th United States Congress

Meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

President of the Senate William A. Wheeler

Senate President pro tempore Allen G. Thurman

. James B. Weaver (GB)

Bloomfield, Iowa

City in Davis County, Iowa, United States.

The population of Bloomfield, Iowa from US census data

Davis County Courthouse in Bloomfield, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

James Weaver - U.S. Representative; twice third-party presidential candidate, 1880 Greenback Party and 1892 Populist Party

49th United States Congress

Meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

First presidential inauguration of Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1885, on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol. "Fellow-Citizens: In the presence of this vast assemblage of my countrymen I am about to supplement and seal by the oath which I shall take the manifestation of the will of a great and free people…."

Senate President pro tempore John Sherman

Senate President pro tempore John J. Ingalls

. James B. Weaver (GB)