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Reprinted in George Brown Tindall, ed., A Populist Reader, Selections from the Works of American Populist Leaders (New York: Harper & Row, 1966), 90–96. National Economist. Publication of the Farmers Alliance. Washington, DC., July 9, 1892. People's Party Platform, Omaha Morning World-Herald, 5 July 1892. Kazin, Michael (1995). The Populist ...
In 1892 he was nominated as the Populist candidate for Governor of Colorado and he was inaugurated on January 10, 1893. A passionate supporter of the Populist's Omaha Platform , he was nicknamed "Bloody Bridles" for an 1893 speech, in which he proclaimed, "It is better, infinitely better that blood should flow to the horses' bridles rather than ...
Charles W. Macune, a leader of the Southern Farmers' Alliance. Charles William Macune (May 20, 1851 – November 3, 1940) was the head of the Southern Farmers' Alliance from 1886 to December 1889 and editor of its official organ, the National Economist, until 1892.
Jim Hogg Road exit in Wood County off Interstate 20 northwest of Tyler, Texas Hogg Middle School in Norhill, Houston Jim Hogg's popularity extended beyond Texas, particularly in New York. The "Man in the Street" column in the edition of September 6, 1903, of The New York Times related the following anecdote regarding him:
By 1892, a large part of the strength of the farmers organizations, with that of various industrial and radical orders, was united in the People's Party (perhaps more generally known as the Populist Party), which had its beginnings in Kansas in 1890, and received national organization in 1892.
The People's Party, usually known as the Populist Party or simply the Populists, was an agrarian populist [2] political party in the United States in the late 19th century. . The Populist Party emerged in the early 1890s as an important force in the Southern and Western United States, but declined rapidly after the 1896 United States presidential election in which most of its natural ...
And while Clinton followers more often identified with pop culture, branding themselves Beliebers, or as fans of Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, One Direction and the show Dr. Who, Trump followers more often identified with sports, using baseball, basketball, football, soccer, wrestling, volleyball and lacrosse in their bios.
The 1892 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor Jim Hogg was re-elected to a second term with a plurality of the vote over George W. Clark, an independent Democrat with the backing of the Republican Party and state railroad interests, and Populist judge T. L. Nugent.