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Independent Party Origins
- When
- 1873
- Where
- Indiana
In early 1873, reform-minded farmers in Indiana established the Independent Party, declaring themselves free of the two established parties.
According to historian Paul Kleppner, the origin of the Greenback Party is found in Indiana, where early in 1873 a group of reform-minded farmers and political activists declared themselves free of the two established parties and established themselves as the Independent Party.
Sources
- Greenback Party Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-16
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