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THIRD PARTIES DEMAND ATTENTION
; ...Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, third- party candidate Ralph Nader or just...1820s with the inception of the Anti-Masonic party. In 1832, its presidential...first (and so far only) third-party candidate to be elected to...as a candidate from a fourth party, the Constitutional Union ...
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3rd party role can be powerful in U.S. politics Series: THE ELECTION PROCESS
; ...system, for example, was introduced in 1830 by the Anti-Masonic Party. The party developed in response to the revelation that many prominent political figures were Masons. The party's members were against secret societies and nominated...
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Best showings of independent/third-party candidates.(Originated from Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
; Best showings by independent/third-party U.S. presidential candidates (5 percent or more of the popular vote) in past general elections: Year - Candidate (party) - votes - percent of vote 1992 - H. Ross Perot (independent...Van Buren (Free Soil) - 291,501 - 10.1 1832 - William Wirt (Anti-Masonic) - ...
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Democrats' message to be focal point of convention.
; ...such convention _ thanks to the Anti-Masonic Party, which pioneered it as a more democratic...nominees or serious fights over the party platform _ that happened as recently...ethnic and gender diversity of the party, which is touting its largest minority...
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'Doomed to Misfortune--If not to Dissolution'
; ...pages of notes), description of the ins and outs of party politics at both the national level and in the individual...activities in both, separately and together, shaped the party's direction and fortunes. Here parade, not only the...and Stephens, but, also, the important state level party activists such ...
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Political notes: Maryland has never been a presidential home
; ...born in Bladensburg, ran for the Anti-Masonic Party in the 1832 election, but finished...votes from Vermont. As for major party presidential candidates from Maryland...Reynolds at 410-956-4051. Green Party meeting Del. Virginia Clagett...
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From Satan to the Sphinx: The Masonic Mysteries of D.C.'s Map
; ...rumored for a very long time, no doubt since the heyday of anti-Masonic paranoia during Andrew Jackson's administration. Now, with...Paul Revere and all the participants in the Boston Tea Party, there has been a persistent conspiracist underground that...Currently, there is a large and ever-increasing ...
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Tale From the Crypt; Or, How to Get a Head in Politics Without Really Trying
; ...family crypt of William Wirt, who was U.S. attorney general from 1817 to 1829, the presidential candidate of the Anti-Masonic Party in 1832, and a prosecutor in Aaron Burr's treason trial. Owsley was hoping to determine whether a skull that had...
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MASONIC RITUAL/ FREEMASONS: ANCIENT GROUP SEEKS NEW BLOOD; KNOWN FOR THEIR SECRETS, THE FREEMASONS ARE PUBLICIZING THEIR SOCIETY AND SEEKING A NEW GENERATION OF MEN.(TRIAD/STATE)
; ...first single-issue political party, the Anti-Masonic Party, which formed after rumors...reveal the group's secrets. An Anti-Masonic candidate won one state in...a Mason. The Anti-Masonic Party disappeared soon thereafter...
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William Henry Seward, the Virginia Controversy, and the Anti-Slavery Movement, 1839-1841
; ...early relationship with the anti-slavery movement, however...two had been drawn into the anti-Masonic movement as a vehicle to...Andrew Jackson's Democratic party. Seward enjoyed some success...William L. Marcy. With the anti-Masonic party wilting, "like a cabbage...opted to ...
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