Silver Republican Party
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The Silver Republican Party was a late 19th-century U.S. political party that split from the Republicans to advocate for the free coinage of silver and bimetallism during the monetary policy debates of the 1890s.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silver Republican Party canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | political party ⓘ |
| activeDuring | 1890s monetary policy debates ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | early 1900s ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Panic of 1893 and subsequent depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
bimetallism
ⓘ
free silver ⓘ |
| issueFocus |
coinage of silver
ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ |
| mainSupportBase |
farmers concerned about deflation
ⓘ
silver-mining interests ⓘ |
| mergedInto |
Democratic Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Populist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | silver ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Gold Democrats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedParty | Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedPolicy | gold-only monetary standard ⓘ |
| originatedAs | split from Republican Party ⓘ |
| partOf | Free Silver movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | center-left on economic issues of its time ⓘ |
| positionOnMonetaryPolicy |
opposition to gold standard
ⓘ
support for free coinage of silver ⓘ |
| regionOfSupport |
Mountain states
ⓘ
Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1890s ⓘ |
| supportedCandidate | William Jennings Bryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedElection | United States presidential election of 1896 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedPolicy | bimetallic standard of gold and silver ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Gilded Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Progressive Era (early overlap) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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