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The Free Soil Party, also called the Free Democratic Party or the Free Democracy, [3] was a political party in the United States from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican Party. The party was focused on opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States .
County results for the 1848 presidential election. Counties reporting pluralities for the Free Soil Party (Van Buren) are in green. In no county was the National Liberty Party (Smith) the largest party. Despite the optimism of the Free Soilers, Van Buren carried no electoral votes, finishing a distant third behind Cass and Taylor.
Ward in 1891. In 1835 Ward moved to Newark, New Jersey and taught school there until 1839. [1] His beliefs in the end of slavery and his oratory skills led him to politics where he joined first the Liberty Party in 1840, where he remained until 1848, and later the Free Soil Party in 1848, becoming one of the few from the latter party that was interested in the abolitionist aspect of preventing ...
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1848 cartoon satirizing the Barnburners / Free Soil Party, referencing the Wilmot Proviso. The Barnburners were the radical faction. The term barnburner was derived from a folktale about a Dutch farmer who burned down his own barn in order to get rid of a rat infestation. [1]
The tensions revealed by the votes of all three parties on these and related resolutions would eventually lead the Free Soilers to conclude that merger with either of the old parties was an illusion unworthy of pursuit. [2] He was succeeded in the 1850 session by Alexander S. Palmer, a Democrat.
Free Soil Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts (2 P) Pages in category "Massachusetts Free Soilers" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.