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Political Party / Conventions / Platforms
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19th Century
- 1800s |
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1824 |
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1824 |
Democratic
-Republican
Party |
The Democratic Republican Party was formed
about 1792 by Thomas
Jefferson and James
Madison. It was the strongest party until about 1824
opposing a national bank and supported strict adhesion to the
U.S. Constitution.
In 1824 the Democratic-Republican Party broke up forming
competing factions. Andrew
Jackson led the faction that founded today's Democratic
Party. The National Republican Party was founded by
John Adams and Henry Clay
and later becomes the Whig Party. |
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1831 |
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1831 |
Anti-Masonic
Party |
Anti-Masonic Party Platform - Know Nothing Party
The Anti-Masonic Party was the first U.S. third party. On September 26th
it became the first
political party to hold a nominating convention to select its
candidates for president and vice president. It was held at the
Athenaeum in Baltimore,
Maryland.
The primary platform of the Anti-Masonic Party called for
the banning and removal of any Freemasons from holding any
authoritative positions in American society.
- The Anti-Masonic Party would
dissolve, merging into the Whig Party by the late 1830s. Small
factions remained around the country until after the Civil War.
See Presidential Elections |
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1831 |
National
Republican
Party |
National Republican Party -
Anti-Jacksonian Party
The National Republican Party maintained a platform that opposed
the policies of Jefferson dubbing it the Anti-Jacksonian party
promoting nationally financed improvements and protective tarrif
to build a stronger economy.
The National Republican Party holds its first nominating convention at
the Athenaeum in Baltimore,
Maryland from December 12th to
the 15th in 1831.
- The National Republican Party would dissolve in 1837 after
splintered members formed the Whig Party in 1831, drawing away
members over the next six years.
See Presidential Elections |
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1831 |
Whig |
Whig Party was formed in 1831
gaining in membership by the dissolving of the Anti-Masonic and
National Republican Party later in the same decade. |
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1832 |
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1832 |
Democratic
Party |
Democratic Party
The Democratic Party follows the opposition parties to hold the
1832 Democratic National Convention at the Athenaeum in
Baltimore,
Maryland from May 21st
to the 25th, in 1832. This was the first Democratic nominating
convention.
See Presidential Elections |
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1836 |
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1836 |
Democratic
Party |
Democratic Party
See Presidential Elections |
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1836 |
Whig |
The Whig Party
See Presidential Elections |
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1840 |
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1840 |
Whig |
The Whig Party Convention of 1840 preceded the election of
William
Henry Harrison and the ascension of John Tyler
to the presidency.
See Presidential Elections |
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1840 |
Dem.
Platform |
1840 Democratic Party Platform
"Resolved, That
the federal government is one of limited powers, derived solely
from the constitution, and the grants of power shown therein,
ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents
of the government, and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to
exercise doubtful constitutional powers."
See Presidential Elections |
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1844 |
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1844 |
Dem.
Platform |
1844 Democratic Party Platform
"Resolved, That
the American Democracy place their trust, not in factitious
symbols, not in displays and appeals insulting to the judgment
and subversive of the intellect of the people, but in a clear
reliance upon the intelligence, patriotism, and the
discriminating justice of the American masses."
See Presidential Elections |
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1844 |
Whig
Platform |
1844 Whig Party Platform
"Resolved, That
these principles may be summed as comprising, a well-regulated
currency; a tariff for revenue to defray the necessary expenses
of the government, and discriminating with special reference to
the protection of the domestic labor of the country; ..."
Preceded the election of
James Knox Polk
See Presidential Elections |
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1848 |
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1848 |
Dem.
Platform |
1848 Democratic Party Platform
"Resolved, That
the American democracy place their trust in the intelligence,
the patriotism, and the discriminating justice of the American
people."
See Presidential Elections |
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1848 |
Whig
Platform |
1848 Whig Party Platform
"Resolved, That
we look on General
Taylor's administration of the Government as one conducive
of Peace, Prosperity, and Union. Of Peace—because no one better
knows, or has greater reason to deplore, what he has seen sadly
on the field of victory, the horrors of war, and especially of a
foreign and aggressive war. ..."
Preceded the election of
Zachary Taylor
and the ascension of
Millard Fillmore to the
presidency.
See Presidential Elections |
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1848 |
Free Soil |
The platform of the
Free Soil Party carried, "...we inscribe on our
banner, 'Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor and Free Man,' and
under it we will fight on and fight ever, until a triumphant
victory shall reward our exertions."
The Free
Soil Party was active in the 1848 and 1952 elections and
absorbed into the newly formed Republican party in 1854.
It opposed the expansion of slavery into the U.S. Territories.
They opposed expanding slavery but not the institution of
slavery.
Walt Whitman was a member of the Free Soil Party. |
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1852 |
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1852 |
Dem.
Platform |
1852 Democratic Party Platform
"That the
federal government is one of limited powers, derived solely from
the constitution, and the grants of power made therein ought to
be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the
government; and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise
doubtful constitutional powers."
Preceded the election of
Franklin Pierce
See Presidential Elections |
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1852 |
Whig
Platform |
1852 Whig Party Platform
"The Whigs of
the United States, in Convention assembled, firmly adhering to
the great conservative principles by which they are controlled
and governed, and now as ever relying upon the intelligence of
the American people, with an abiding confidence in their
capacity for self-government, and their devotion to the
Constitution and the Union ..."
See Presidential Elections |
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1856 |
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1856 |
GOP
Platform |
1856 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 17th in Philadelphia,
PA.
"... are opposed
to the repeal of the
Missouri
Compromise; to the policy of the present Administration; to the
extension of Slavery into Free Territory; in favor of the
admission of
Kansas
as a Free State; of restoring the action of the Federal
Government to the principles of
George Washington
and
Thomas
Jefferson;
..."
See Presidential Elections |
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1856 |
Dem.
Platform |
1856 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
June 2nd in Cincinnati,
OH.
"Resolved, That we regard this as a distinctive feature
of our political creed, which we are proud to maintain before
the world, as the great moral element in a form of government
springing from and upheld by the popular will and we contrast it
with the creed and practice of Federalism, under whatever name
or form..."
Preceded the election of
James Buchanan
See Presidential Elections |
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1856 |
Whig
Platform |
1856 Whig Party Platform
"Resolved, That the Whigs of the United States are
assembled here by reverence for the Constitution, ..." "They
have no new principle to announce, no new platform to establish,
but are content broadly to rest where their fathers have rested
upon the Constitution of the United States, wishing no safer
guide, no higher law."
See Presidential Elections |
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1860 |
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1860 |
GOP
Platform |
1860 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened May
16th in Chicago,
IL.
"That the
history of the nation during the last four years, has fully
established the propriety and necessity of the organization and
perpetuation of the Republican party, and that the causes which
called it into existence are permanent in their nature, and now,
more than ever before, demand its peaceful and constitutional
triumph."
Preceded the election of
Abraham
Lincoln
See Presidential Elections |
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1860 |
Dem.
Platform |
1860 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
April 23rd - held in Charleston, SC
and Baltimore,
MD.
"Resolved, That it is the duty of the United States to
afford ample and complete protection to all its citizens whether
at home or abroad, and whether native or foreign born."
See Presidential Elections |
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1860 |
So.Dem.
Platform |
1860 Southern Democrats (Breckinridge Faction) Party Platform
"Resolved, That the the Democracy of the United States
recognize it as the imperative duty of this Government to
protect the naturalized citizen in all his rights, whether at
home or in foreign lands, to the same extent as its native born
citizens...." |
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1860 |
Const. Union
Platform |
1860 Constitutional Union Party Platform
"Resolved, that
it is both the part of patriotism and of duty to recognize no
political principle other than THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY,
THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS, and
..." |
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1864 |
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1864 |
GOP
Platform |
1864 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 7th in Baltimore,
MD.
"Resolved, That
it is the highest duty of every American citizen to maintain
against all their enemies the integrity of the Union and the
paramount authority of the Constitution and laws of the United
States; and that, laying aside all differences of political
opinion, we pledge ourselves, as Union men, animated by a common
sentiment and aiming at a common object, to do everything in our
power to aid the Government in quelling by force of arms the
Rebellion now raging against its authority, and in bringing to
the punishment due to their crimes the Rebels and traitors
arrayed against it."
Preceded the reelection of
President
Abraham Lincoln and the
ascension of Andrew Johnson
to the presidency.
See Presidential Elections |
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1864 |
Dem.
Platform |
1864 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
August 29th in Chicago,
IL.
"Resolved, That in the future, as in the past, we will
adhere with unswerving fidelity to the Union under the
Constitution as the only solid foundation of our strength,
security, and happiness as a people, and as a framework of
government equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of
all the States, both Northern and Southern."
See Presidential Elections |
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1868 |
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1868 |
GOP
Platform |
1868 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened May
20th in Chicago,
IL.
"Upon this platform the Democratic party appeals to every
patriot, including all the Conservative element, and all who
desire to support the Constitution and restore the Union,
forgetting all past differences of opinion, to unite with us in
the present great struggle for the liberties of the people, and
that to all such, to whatever party they may have heretofore
belonged, we extend the right hand of fellowship, and hail all
such co-operating with us as friends and brethren."
Preceded the election of
Ulysses S. Grant
See Presidential Elections |
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1868 |
Dem.
Platform |
1868 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 4th in New York City, NY.
"Upon this platform the Democratic party appeals to every
patriot, including all the Conservative element, and all who
desire to support the Constitution and restore the Union,
forgetting all past differences of opinion, to unite with us in
the present great struggle for the liberties of the people, and
that to all such, to whatever party they may have heretofore
belonged, we extend the right hand of fellowship, and hail all
such co-operating with us as friends and brethren."
See Presidential Elections |
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1872 |
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1872 |
GOP
Platform |
1872 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 5th in Philadelphia,
PA.
"... During eleven years of supremacy it has accepted with grand
courage the solemn duties of the time. It suppressed a gigantic
rebellion, emancipated four millions of slaves, decreed the
equal citizenship of all, and established universal suffrage.
..."
Preceded the reelection of
President Ulysses S. Grant
See Presidential Elections |
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1872 |
Dem.
Platform |
1872 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
June 9th in Baltimore,
MD.
"We recognize the equality of all men before the law, and hold
that it is the duty of the government in its dealings with the
people to mete out equal and exact justice to all, of whatever
nativity race color or persuasion religion or politics."
See Presidential Elections |
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1876 |
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1876 |
GOP
Platform |
1876 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 14th in Cincinnati,
OH.
"When, in the economy of Providence, this land was to be purged
of human slavery, and when the strength of government of the
people by the people and for the people was to be demonstrated
the Republican party came into power. Its deeds have passed into
history, and we look back to them with pride."
Preceded the election of
Rutherford B. Hayes
See Presidential Elections |
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1876 |
Dem.
Platform |
1876 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
June 28th in St. Louis,
MO.
"... do hereby declare the administration of the Federal
Government to be in great need of immediate reform, ..."
See Presidential Elections |
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1876 |
Greenbck |
The Greenback Party's first nominating convention was held in
Indianapolis,
MN in the
spring of 1876. |
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1876 |
Prohib. |
The Prohibition Party held it 2nd National Convention. |
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1880 |
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1880 |
GOP
Platform |
1880 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 2nd in Chicago,
IL.
"It reconstructed the Union of the States, with freedom instead
of slavery as its corner-stone. It transformed four million
human beings from the likeness of things to the rank of
citizens. It relieved Congress from the infamous work of hunting
fugitive slaves, and charged it to see that slavery does not
exist."
Preceded the election of
James A. Garfield
and the ascension of
Chester
Arthur to the presidency.
See Presidential Elections
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1880 |
Dem.
Platform |
1880 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
June 23rd in Cincinnati,
OH.
"Opposition to centralization and to that dangerous spirit of
encroachment which tends to consolidate the powers of all the
departments in one, and thus to create whatever be the form of
government, a real despotism. No sumptuary laws; separation of
Church and State, for the good of each; common schools fostered
and protected."
See Presidential Elections |
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1880 |
Greenbck |
Greenback Labor Party Nominates James Baird Weaver as its
President nominee |
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1880 |
American |
The American party come out of the Anti-Masonic movement. |
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1884 |
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1884 |
GOP
Platform |
1884 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 3rd in Chicago,
IL.
"The Republicans of the United States in National Convention
assembled renew their allegiance to the principles upon which
they have triumphed in six successive Presidential
elections;..." "... has gained its strength by quick and
faithful response to the demands of the people for the freedom
and equality of all men, for a united nation, ..."
See Presidential Elections |
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1884 |
Dem.
Platform |
1884 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 11th in Chicago,
IL.
"The Democratic party of the Union through its representatives
in National Convention assembled, recognizes that, as the nation
grows older, new issues are born of time and progress, and old
issues perish."
Preceded the election of
Grover Cleveland
See Presidential Elections |
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1884 |
Greenbck |
The Greenback Labor Party dropped "Labor" to be the "Greenback
Party." |
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1884 |
Prohibit. |
The single issue of the Prohibition Party was the
criminalization of alcoholic drinks. |
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1888 |
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1888 |
GOP
Platform |
1888 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 19th in Chicago,
IL.
"The Republicans of the United-States assembled by their
delegates in National Convention, pause on the threshold of
their proceedings to honor the memory of their first great
leader- the immortal champion of liberty and the rights of the
people- Abraham Lincoln; ..."
Preceded the election of
Benjamin Harrison
See Presidential Elections |
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1888 |
Dem.
Platform |
1888 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
June 6th in St. Louis,
MO.
"The Democratic party of the United States, in National
Convention assembled, renews the pledge of its fidelity to
Democratic faith and reaffirms the platform adopted by its
representatives in the Convention of 1884, ..."
See Presidential Elections |
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1888 |
Union |
The Union Labor Party is formed, failing to gain widespread
support will collect short of 150,000 votes. |
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1888 |
Prohibit. |
Growing in numbers the Prohibition Party will gain nearly
250,000 votes. |
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1892 |
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1892 |
GOP
Platform |
1892 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 7th in Minneapolis,
MN.
"... most glorious chapter of history is the record of the
Republican party, congratulate their countrymen on the majestic
march of the nation under the banners inscribed with the
principles of our platform of 1888, vindicated by victory at the
polls and prosperity in our fields, workshops and mines, and
make the following declaration of principles: ..."
See Presidential Elections |
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1892 |
Dem.
Platform |
1892 Democratic Party Platform -
Convention opened June 21st in Chicago,
IL.
"The representatives of the Democratic party of the
United-States, in National Convention assembled, do
reaffirm their allegiance to the principles of the
party, as formulated by
Jefferson
and exemplified by the long and illustrious line of
his successors in Democratic leadership, from
Madison to Cleveland; ..."
Preceded the reelection of
President Grover Cleveland
See Presidential
Elections
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1892 |
Populist
Platform |
1892 Populist Party Platform
"The
conditions which surround us best justify our
co-operation; we meet in the midst of a nation
brought to the verge of moral, political, and
material ruin. ..."
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1892 |
Prohib. |
Prohibition Party filed candidates for the election. |
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1892 |
Socialist |
Socialist Labor Party filed candidates. |
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1896 |
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1896 |
GOP
Platform |
1896 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 16th in St. Louis,
MO.
"For the first time since the civil war the American people have
witnessed the calamitous consequence of full and unrestricted
Democratic control of the government." It has been a record of
unparalleled incapacity, dishonor and disaster, ... ruthlessly
sacrificed indispensable revenue, entailed an unceasing deficit,
eked out ordinary current expenses with borrowed money, piled up
the public debt by $262,000,000 in time of peace, ..." (In
reference to the Democratic Administration of
President Grover Cleveland)
Preceded the election of
William McKinley
See Presidential Elections |
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1896 |
Dem.
Platform |
1896 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 7th in Chicago,
IL.
"Recognizing that the money question is paramount to all others
at this time, we invite attention to the fact that the Federal
Constitution named silver and gold together as the money metals
of the United States, and that the first coinage law passed by
Congress under the Constitution made the silver dollar the
monetary unit and admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio based
upon the silver dollar unit."
See Presidential Elections |
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1896 |
Demo.
Convention |
William
Jennings Bryan -- Cross of Gold (July 9, 1896)
"William Jennings Bryan's speech at the 1896 Democratic National
Convention, Chicago,
IL" |
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1896 |
Socialist |
Socialist Labor filed candidates. |
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1896 |
Prohibit. |
Prohibition filed candidates. |
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1896 |
Ntl Proh |
National Prohibition filed candidates. |
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1896 |
Ntl Dem |
National Democratic filed candidates. |
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20th Century - 1900s |
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1900 |
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1900 |
Gop
Platform |
1900 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 19th in Philadelphia,
PA.
"... The Democrats had no other plan with which to improve the
ruinous conditions which they had themselves produced than to
coin silver at the ratio of sixteen to one. The Republican
party, denouncing this plan as sure to produce conditions even
worse than those from which relief was sought, promised to
restore prosperity by means of two legislative measures-- a
protective tariff and a law making gold the standard of value.
..."
Preceded the reelection of
President William McKinley
and the ascension of
Theodore Roosevelt
to the presidency.
See the
Presidential
Elections TimeLine
See Presidential Elections |
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1900 |
Dem
Platform |
1900 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 4th in Kansas City,
KS.
"... we denounce the Porto Rican law enacted by a Republican
Congress against the protest and opposition of the Democratic
minority as a bold and open violation of the nation's organic
law and a flagrant breach of the national good faith ..."
See the
Presidential
Elections TimeLine
See Presidential Elections |
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1900 |
Prohibition |
Prohibition Party
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1900 |
Social Demo. |
Social Democratic Party |
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1900 |
Populist |
Populist Party |
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1900 |
Soc. Labor |
Socialist Labor Party |
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1904 |
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1904 |
Gop
Platform |
1904 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 21st in Chicago,
IL.
"Fifty years ago the Republican party came into existence
dedicated among other purposes to the great task of arresting
the extension of human slavery. ..." "... the Republican party
has commanded the confidence of the American people for nearly
two generations to a degree never equaled in our history,
Preceded the election to retain
President Theodore Roosevelt
See Presidential Elections |
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1904 |
Dem
Platform |
1904 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 6th in St. Louis,
MO.
"Large reductions can easily be made in the annual expenditures
of the government without impairing the efficiency of any branch
of the public service, and we shall insist upon the strictest
economy and frugality compatible with vigorous and efficient
civil, military and naval administration as a right of the
people, too clear to be denied or withheld."
- Today's Democratic Party has lost its vision.
See Presidential Elections |
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1904 |
Socialist |
Socialist |
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1904 |
Prohibit. |
Prohibition |
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1904 |
Populist |
Populist |
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1904 |
Soc. Labor |
Socialist Labor |
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1908 |
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1908 |
Gop
Platform |
1908 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 16th in Chicago,
IL.
"Once more the Republican Party in National Convention assembled
submits its cause to the people. This great historic
organization, that destroyed slavery preserved the Union
restored credit expanded the national domain, established a
sound financial system, developed the industries and resources
of the country, and gave to the nation her seat of honor in the
councils of the world, now meets the new problems of government
with the same courage and capacity with which it solved the old.
"
Preceded the election of
William Howard Taft
See Presidential Elections |
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1908 |
Dem
Platform |
1908 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 7th in Denver,
CO.
" 'Shall the people rule?' is the overshadowing issue which
manifests itself in all the questions now under discussion."
- The Democrat Party begins to display its perception that the
voters do not know what is right.
See Presidential Elections |
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1908 |
Socialist |
Socialist |
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1908 |
Prohibit. |
Prohibition |
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1908 |
Indep. |
Independence |
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1908 |
Populist |
Populist |
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1912 |
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1912 |
Gop
Platform |
1912 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 18th in Chicago,
IL.
"The principles
of constitutional government, which make provisions for orderly
and effective expression of the popular will, for the protection
of civil liberty and the rights of man, and for the
interpretation of the law by an untrammelled and independent
judiciary, have proved themselves capable of sustaining the
structure of a government which, after more than a century of
development, embraces one hundred millions of people, scattered
over a wide and diverse territory, but bound by common purpose,
common ideals and common affection to the Constitution of the
United States."
See Presidential Elections |
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1912 |
Dem
Platform |
1912 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
June 25th in Baltimore,
MD.
"We declare it
to be a fundamental principle of the Democratic party that the
Federal government, under the Constitution, as no right or power
to impose or collect tariff duties, except for the purpose of
revenue, and we demand that the collection of such taxes shall
be limited to the necessities of government honestly and
economically administered."
Preceded the election of
Woodrow Wilson
See Presidential Elections |
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1912 |
Progres.
Platform
Bull Moose |
1912 Progressive Party Platform
"The conscience
of the people, in a time of grave national problems, has called
into being a new party, born of the nation's sense of justice.
We of the Progressive party here dedicate ourselves to the
fulfillment of the duty laid upon us by our fathers to maintain
the government of the people, by the people and for the people
whose foundations they laid."
The Progressive Party was formed from a split of the Republican
Party choosing Roosevelt
as their candidate. Roosevelt
stating he felt strong as a "bull moose" gave the impetus to the
media to call the Progressive Party the "Bull Moose Party." |
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1912 |
Socialist |
Socialist |
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1912 |
Prohibition |
Prohibition |
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1912 |
Socialist Labor |
Socialist Labor |
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1916 |
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1916 |
Gop
Platform |
1916 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 7th in Chicago,
IL.
"The Republican Party looks back upon its record with pride and
satisfaction, and forward to its new responsibilities with hope
and confidence. Its achievements in government constitute the
most luminous pages in our history. Our greatest national
advance has been made during the years of its ascendancy in
public affairs. ..."
See Presidential Elections |
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1916 |
Dem
Platform |
1916 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
June 7th in St. Louis,
MO.
"We declare it to be a fundamental principle of the Democratic
Party thatthe federal government, under the constitution, has no
right or power toimpose or collect tariff duties, except for the
purpose of revenue, andwe demand that the collection of such
taxes shall be limited to the necessitiesof government honestly
and economically administered."
Preceded the re-election of
Woodrow Wilson
See Presidential Elections |
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1916 |
Socialist |
Socialist |
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1916 |
Prohibit. |
Prohibition |
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1920 |
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1920 |
Gop
Platform |
1920 Republican Party Platform - Convention
opened June 8th in Chicago,
IL.
"For seven years the national government has been controlled by
the democratic party. During that period a war of unparalleled
magnitude has shaken the foundations of civilization, decimated
the population of Europe, and left in its train economic misery
and suffering second only to the war itself." "The outstanding
features of the Democratic administration have been complete
unpreparedness for war and complete unpreparedness for peace."
Preceded the election of
William Harding
See Presidential Elections |
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1920 |
Dem
Platform |
1920 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
June 28th in San Francisco.
"It salutes the mighty people of this great republic, emerging
with imperishable honor from the severe tests and grievous
strains of the most tragic war in history, having earned the
plaudits and the gratitude of all free nations."
See Presidential Elections |
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1920 |
Socialists |
Socialists |
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1920 |
Farm-Labor |
Farmer-Labor |
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1920 |
Prohibit. |
Prohibition |
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1920 |
American |
American |
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1920 |
Soc. Labor |
Socialist Labor |
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1924 |
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1924 |
GOP
Platform |
1924 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 10th in Cleveland,
OH.
"When the Republican administration took control of the
government in 1921, there were four and a half million
unemployed, industry and commerce were stagnant, agriculture was
prostrate, business was depressed, securities of the government
were selling below their par values. ..." "Today industry and
commerce are active, public and private credits are sound, we
have made peace, we have taken the first step toward disarmament
and strengthened our friendship with the world powers, our
relations with the rest of the world are on a firmer basis, our
position was never better understood, our foreign policy never
more definite and consistent. ..."
Preceded the election of
Calvin Coolidge
See Presidential Elections |
|
1924 |
Dem.
Platform |
1924 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
June 24th in New York City, NY
continuing until July 10th.
"Large standing armies and the cost of preparing for war still
cast their burdens upon humanity. These conditions the existing
Republican administration has proven itself unwilling or unable
to redress."
- Concerning a war began under a Democrat President.
See Presidential Elections |
|
1924 |
Progres.
Platform |
1924 Progressive Party Platform
"The great issue
before the American people today is the control of government
and industry by private monopoly." |
|
1924 |
Socialist |
Socialist supported the
Progressive Party's nominee, Robert M. La Follette. |
|
1924 |
Prohibition |
Prohibition |
|
1924 |
Communist |
Communist |
|
1928 |
|
1928 |
GOP
Platform |
1928 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 12th in Kansas City,
KS.
"... Under Republican inspiration and largely under Republican
executive direction the continent has been bound with steel
rails, the oceans and great rivers have been joined by canals,
waterways have been deepened and widened for ocean commerce, and
with all a high American standard of wage and living has been
established."
Preceded the election of
Herbert
Hoover
See Presidential Elections |
|
1928 |
Dem.
Platform |
1928 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
June 26th in Houston,
TX.
"We hold that government must function not to centralize our
wealth but to preserve equal opportunity so that all may share
in our priceless resources, and not confine prosperity to a
favored few."
See Presidential Elections |
|
1928 |
Socialist |
Socialist |
|
1928 |
Communist |
Communist |
|
|
|
1932 |
|
1932 |
Gop
Platform |
1932 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 14th in Chicago,
IL.
"We meet in a period of widespread distress and of an economic
depression that has swept the world. The emergency is second
only to that of a great war. The human suffering occasioned may
well exceed that of a period of actual conflict."
See Presidential Elections |
|
1932 |
Dem
Platform |
1932 Democratic Party Platform - Convention
opened June 27th in Chicago,
IL.
"In this time of unprecedented economic and social distress the
Democratic Party declares its conviction that the chief causes
of this condition were the disastrous policies pursued by our
government since the World War of economic isolation, ..."
Preceded the election of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
See Presidential Elections |
|
1932 |
Socialist |
Socialist |
|
1932 |
Communist |
Communist |
|
1932 |
Prohibition |
Prohibition |
|
1932 |
Liberty |
Liberty |
|
1932 |
Soc. Labor |
Socialist Labor |
|
1936 |
|
1936 |
Gop
Platform |
1936 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 9th in Cleveland,
OH.
"America is in peril. The welfare of
American men and women and the future of our youth are at stake.
We dedicate ourselves to the preservation of their political
liberty, their individual opportunity and their character as
free citizens, which today for the first time are threatened by
Government itself."
See Presidential Elections |
|
1936 |
Dem.
Platform |
1936 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
June 23rd in Philadelphia,
PA.
"We hold this truth to be
self-evident, that the test of a representative government
is its ability to promote the safety and happiness of the
people."
Preceded the reelection of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
See Presidential Elections |
|
1936 |
Union |
Union |
|
1936 |
Socialist |
Socialist |
|
1936 |
Communist |
Communist |
|
1940 |
|
1940 |
Gop
Platform |
1940 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 24th in Philadelphia,
PA.
"Instead of leading us into More
Perfect Union the Administration has deliberately fanned the
flames of class hatred."
See Presidential Elections |
|
1940 |
Dem.
Platform |
1940 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 15th in Chicago,
IL.
"We have launched a soundly conceived
plan of loans and contributions to rid America of overcrowded
slum dwellings that breed disease and crime, and to replace them
by low-cost housing projects within the means of low-income
families. ..."
Preceded the reelection of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
See Presidential Elections |
|
1940 |
Socialist |
Socialist |
|
1940 |
Prohibition |
Prohibition |
|
1944 |
|
1944 |
Gop
Platform |
1944 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 26th in Chicago,
IL.
"The tragedy of the war is upon our
country as we meet to consider the problems of government and
our people. We take this opportunity to render homage and
enduring gratitude to those brave members of our armed forces
who have already made the supreme sacrifice, and to those who
stand ready to make the same sacrifice that the American course
of life may be secure. ..."
See Presidential Elections |
|
1944 |
Dem.
Platform |
1944 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 19th in Chicago,
IL.
"The primary and imperative duty of
the United States is to wage the war with every resource
available to final triumph over our enemies, and we pledge that
we will continue to fight side by side with the United Nations
until this supreme objective shall have been attained and
thereafter to secure a just and lasting peace."
(Today the Democrat Party seeks to place our Armed Forces under
the U.N.)
This Platform Preceded the reelection of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
and the ascension of
Harry S. Truman
to the presidency.
See Presidential Elections
|
|
1944 |
TX Regulars |
Texas Regulars were an
anti-Roosevelt wing of the
Democratic Party that sought to split the democrat vote having
failed to sway the party as a whole. |
|
1944 |
Socialist |
Socialist |
|
1944 |
Prohibition |
Prohibition |
|
1948 |
|
1948 |
Gop
Platform |
1948 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
June 21st in Philadelphia,
PA.
"To establish and maintain peace, to
build a country in which every citizen can earn a good living
with the promise of real progress for himself and his family,
and to uphold as a beacon light for mankind everywhere, the
inspiring American tradition of liberty, opportunity and justice
for all ‹ that is the Republican platform."
See Presidential Elections |
|
1948 |
Dem.
Platform |
1948 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 12th in Philadelphia,
PA.
"The Democratic Party adopts this platform in the conviction
that the destiny of the United States is to provide leadership
in the world toward a realization of the Four Freedoms."
Preceded the election of
Harry S. Truman
See Presidential Elections |
|
1948 |
States Rights
Platform |
1948 States Rights Platform (August 14, 1948) -
Convention opened July 17th in Birmingham,
AL.
"We stand for social and economic justice,
which, we believe can be guaranteed to all citizens only by a
strict adherence to our Constitution and the avoidance of any
invasion or destruction of the constitutional rights of the
states and individuals. We oppose the totallitaran, centralized
bureaucratic government and the police nation called for by the
platforms adopted by the Democratic and Republican Conventions." |
|
1948 |
Progress. |
The Progressive Party Convention was held on July 17th in
Philadelphia,
PA. |
|
1948 |
Socialist |
Socialist |
|
1948 |
Prohibition |
Prohibition |
|
1952 |
|
1952 |
Gop
Platform |
1952 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
July 7th in Chicago,
IL.
"We
maintain that man was not born to be ruled, but that he
consented to be governed, and that the reasons that moved him
thereto are few and simple. He has voluntarily submitted to
government because, only by the establishment of just laws, and
the power to enforce those laws, can an orderly life be
maintained, full and equal opportunity for all be established,
and the blessings of liberty be perpetuated. "
Preceded the election of
Dwight D. Eisenhower
See Presidential Elections |
|
1952 |
Dem.
Platform |
1952 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 21st in Chicago,
IL.
"Our nation has entered into an age in
which Divine Providence has permitted the genius of man to
unlock the secret of the atom."
See Presidential Elections |
|
1952 |
Progressive |
Progressive |
|
1952 |
Prohibition |
Prohibition |
|
1956 |
|
1956 |
Gop
Platform |
1956 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
August 20th in San Francisco,
CA.
"America's trust is in the merciful
providence of God, in whose image every man is created, the
source of every man's dignity and freedom." "... the Founding
Fathers. They not only proclaimed that the freedom and rights of
men came from the Creator and not from the State, but they
provided safeguards to those freedoms."
Preceded the reelection of
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
See Presidential Elections |
|
1956 |
Dem.
Platform |
1956 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
August 13th in Chicago,
IL.
"On the threshold of an atomic age, in
mid-Twentieth Century, our beloved Nation needs the vision,
vigor and vitality which can be infused into it only by a
government under the Democratic Party."
See Presidential Elections |
|
1956 |
States'
Rights |
States'
Rights |
|
1960 |
|
1960 |
Gop
Platform |
1960 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
July 25th in Chicago,
IL.
"The United States is living in an age
of profoundest revolution. The lives of men and of nations are
undergoing such transformations as history has rarely recorded.
The birth of new nations, the impact of new machines, the threat
of new weapons, the stirring of new ideas, the ascent into a new
dimension of the universe, everywhere the accent falls on the
new."
See Presidential Elections |
|
1960 |
Dem.
Platform |
1960 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 11th in Los Angeles,
CA.
"In 1796, in America's first contested
national election, our Party, under the leadership of
Thomas
Jefferson, campaigned on the
principles of 'The Rights of Man'."
Preceded the election of
John F. Kennedy
and the ascension of
Lyndon B. Johnson
to the presidency
See Presidential Elections |
|
1964 |
|
1964 |
Reagan |
Ronald Reagan -- A Time for Choosing (Campaign Season, 1964)
"You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but
I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is
only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream--the maximum of
individual freedom consistent with order -- or down to the ant
heap of totalitarianism." |
|
1964 |
Gop
Platform |
1964 Republican Party Platform "For The People" -
Convention opened July 13th in San Francisco,
CA.
"Humanity is tormented once again by an age-old issue, is man to
live in dignity and freedom under God or be enslaved, are men in
government to serve, or are they to master, their fellow men?"
See Presidential Elections |
|
1964 |
Dem.
Platform |
1964 Democratic Party Platform "ONE
NATION, ONE PEOPLE"
- Convention opened August 24th in Atlantic City,
NJ.
"America is One Nation, One People. The welfare,
progress, security and survival of each of us reside in the
common good, the sharing of responsibilities as well as benefits
by all our people."
Preceded the election of
President Lyndon B. Johnson
See Presidential Elections |
|
1968 |
|
1968 |
Gop
Platform |
1968 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
August 5th in Miami Beach,
FL.
"Twice before, our Party gave the
people of America leadership at a time of crisis ‹
leadership which won us peace in place of war, unity in place of
discord, compassion in place of bitterness." "A century ago,
Abraham Lincoln gave that leadership. From it came one nation,
consecrated to liberty and justice for all."
Preceded the election of
Richard M. Nixon
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|
1968 |
Dem.
Platform |
1968 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
August 26th in Chicago,
IL.
"America belongs to the people who
inhabit it. The source of the nation's strength is the people's
freedom to be the source of the laws governing them."
Democratic Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
|
1968 |
Amer..Ind.
Platform |
American Independent Party Platform of 1968 (October 13,
1968)
"The Federal Government has attempted to
take over and control the seniority and apprenticeship lists of
the labor unions; the Federal Government has adopted so-called
'Civil Rights Acts,' particularly the one adapted in
1964, which have set race against race and class against class,
all of which we condemn."
American Independent Party -
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|
1968 |
Peace |
Peace and Freedom
Party -
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|
1972 |
|
1972 |
Gop
Platform |
1972 Republican Party Platform. - Convention opened
August 21st in Miami Beach,
FL.
"When our accomplishments are weighed
‹ when our opponents' philosophy, programs and candidates are
assessed ‹ we believe the American people will rally eagerly to
the leadership which since January 1969 has brought them a
better life in a better land in a safer world."
Preceded the reelection of
President Richard M. Nixon
and the ascension of
Gerald R. Ford
to the presidency
Republican Party -
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See Presidential Elections |
|
1972 |
Dem.
Platform |
1972 Democratic Party Platform
"New Directions: '72-'76"
- Convention opened July 10th in Miami Beach,
FL.
"Skepticism and cynicism are
widespread in America. The people are skeptical of platforms
filled with political platitudes ‹ of promises made by
opportunistic politicians."
Democratic Party -
Wiki - history
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|
1972 |
Lib.
Platform |
Libertarian Party Platform of 1972 "The Party of Principal"
"We hold that each individual has the
right to exercise sole dominion over his own life, and has the
right to live his life in whatever manner he chooses, so long as
he does not forcibly interfere with the equal right of others to
live their lives in whatever manner they choose."
Libertarian
-
Wiki - history |
|
1972 |
American |
American
American Independent -
Wiki - history |
|
1972 |
People's |
People's
Party -
Wiki - history |
|
1972 |
Soc. Workers |
Socialist
Workers -
Wiki - history |
|
1976 |
|
1976 |
Gop
Platform |
1976 Republican Party Platform - Convention
opened August 16th in Kansas City,
MO.
" 'The Platform is the Party's
contract with the people.' " "... The Democrats' Platform
repeats the same thing on every page: More government, more
spending, more inflation. Compare. This Republican Platform says
exactly the opposite ‹ less government, less spending, less
inflation. In other words, we want you to retain more of your
own money, ..."
Republican Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
|
1976 |
Dem.
Platform |
1976 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 12th in New York City, NY.
"Institutional reforms and the use of
conventional tax, spending and ..."
"... commitment to full and vigorous enforcement of all equal
opportunities laws and affirmative action. ..."
"At times. direct government involvement in wage and price
decisions maybe required to ensure price stability. ..."
"... we must make every effort to assure the availability of
loans to small business ..."
"... full implementation and enforcement of the Equal Credit
Opportunity Act ..."
Preceded the election of
Jimmy Carter
Democratic Party -
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|
1976 |
Libertarian |
Libertarian
Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1976 |
American
Ind. |
American
Independent -
Wiki - history |
|
1976 |
American |
American
American Independent -
Wiki - history |
|
1976 |
Soc.
Workers |
Socialist
Workers -
Wiki - history |
|
1980 |
|
1980 |
Gop
Platform |
1980 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
July 14th in Detroit, MI.
"At home, our economy careens, whip
lashed from one extreme to another. Earlier this year, inflation
skyrocketed to its highest levels in more than a century; weeks
later, the economy plummeted, suffering its steepest slide on
record. Prices escalate at more than 10 percent a year. More
than eight million people seek employment. Manufacturing plants
lie idle across the country."
Preceded the election of
Ronald Reagan
Republican Party -
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|
1980 |
Dem.
Platform |
1980 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
August 11th in New York City, NY.
"In its third century, America faces
great challenges and an uncertain future. The decade that
America now enters presents us with decisions as monumental and
fundamental as those we faced during the Civil War, during two
World Wars, and during the Great Depression. ..."
Democratic Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
|
1980 |
Libertarian |
Libertarian
Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1980 |
Citizens |
Citizens Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1980 |
Socialist |
Socialist Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1984 |
|
1984 |
Gop
Platform |
1984 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
August 20th in Dallas,
TX.
"The Republican Party looks at our
people and sees a new dawn of the American spirit.
The Democratic Party looks at our nation and sees the twilight
of the American soul."
Preceded the reelection of
President Ronald Reagan
Republican Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
|
1984 |
Dem.
Platform |
1984 Democratic Party Platform - Convention opened
July 16th in San Francisco,
CA.
"A fundamental choice awaits America ‹
a choice between two futures."
"It is a choice between solving our problems, and pretending
they don't exist; between the spirit of community, and the
corrosion of selfishness; between justice for all, and advantage
for some; between social decency and social Darwinism; ..."
Democratic Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
|
1984 |
Libertarian |
Libertarian
Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1988 |
|
1988 |
Gop
Platform |
1988 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
August 15th in New Orleans,
LA.
"Americans want leadership to direct the forces of change, on
America's terms, guided by American values. The next stage of
the American experiment will be a new dynamic partnership in
which people direct government and government empowers people to
solve their own problems and to have more choices in their
lives."
Preceded the election of
George H. W. Bush
Republican Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
|
1988 |
Note |
In 1988 the PoetPatriot, Roger
W Hancock looked at both Platforms and asked himself, "Why am I
a democrat?" |
|
1988 |
Dem.
Platform |
1988 Democratic Party Platform
"The Restoration of Competence and the
Revival of Hope"
- Convention opened July 18th in Atlanta,
GA.
"WE BELIEVE that the time has come for America to take charge
once again of its economic future, to reverse seven years of
"voodoo economics," "trickle down" policies, fiscal
irresponsibility, ..."
- History shows them wrong. "Trickle Down" is, simply, how the
economy works. Reagan created an unprecedented growth in the
economy.
Democratic Party -
Wiki - history
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|
1988 |
New Alliance |
New Alliance
-
Wiki - history |
|
1988 |
Populist |
Populist Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1988 |
Socialist |
Socialist Party U.S.A.
-
Wiki - history |
|
1992 |
|
1992 |
GOP
Platform |
1992 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
August 17th in Houston,
TX.
"Abraham Lincoln, our first Republican president, expressed the
philosophy that inspires Republicans to this day: "The
legitimate object of government is to do for a community of
people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or
cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and
individual capacities. But in all that people can individually
do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere."
Republican Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
|
1992 |
dem
Platform |
1992 Democratic Party Platform
"A New Covenant with the American
People" -
Convention opened July 13th in New York City, NY.
"Republican mismanagement has disarmed government as an
instrument to make our economy work and support the people's
most basic values, needs and hopes"
- History proves otherwise as the economy has rarely been better
than that which resulted under the Reagan Administration.
Preceded the election of
Bill Clinton
Democratic Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
|
1992 |
Libertarian
Platform |
1992 Libertarian Party Platform
"We hold that all individuals have the right to exercise sole
dominion over their own lives, and have the right to live in
whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly
interfere with the equal right of others to live in whatever
manner they choose."
Libertarian
Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1992 |
Populist |
Populist Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1994 |
|
1994 |
GOP |
Contract
with America (Campaign Season, 1994)
"On the first day of the 104th Congress, the new Republican
majority will immediately pass the following major reforms,
aimed at restoring the faith and trust of the American people in
their government: " |
|
1996 |
|
1996 |
GOP
Platform |
1996 Republican Party Platform - Convention opened
August 10th in San Diego,
CA.
"Republicans do not duplicate or fabricate or counterfeit a
vision for the land we love. With our fellow citizens, we assert
the present power of timeless truths."
Republican Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
|
1996 |
dem
Platform |
1996 Democratic National Platform "Meeting
America's Challenges, Protecting America's Values" -
Convention opened August 26th in Chicago,
IL.
"Today's Democratic Party is determined to renew America's most
basic bargain: Opportunity to every American, and responsibility
from every American. And today's Democratic Party is determined
to reawaken the great sense of American community."
- The Democratic Party has demonstrated it will take every
opportunity to tax every American, more and more, whether rich
or poor.
Preceded the reelection of
President Bill Clinton
Democratic Party -
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|
1996 |
Libertarian
Platform |
1996
Libertarian Party Platform
"We hold that all individuals have the right to exercise sole
dominion over their own lives, and have the right to live in
whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly
interfere with the equal right of others to live in whatever
manner they choose."
Libertarian
Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1996 |
Reform
Platform |
1996 Reform Party Platform was titled
"Principles of Reform"
"These
are the Principles of Reform that the Reform Party and all of
its candidates pledge to follow. Party platforms will adhere to
these principles. These are designed to focus attention on the
governmental and economic reforms that this Party and the
majority of Americans want accomplished."
Reform Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1996 |
Natural Law
Platform |
1996 Natural Law Party Platform
"Natural Law Party Solutions"
"THE
NATURAL LAW PARTY envisions a flourishing national economy in
which no citizen suffers from unemployment, recession, runaway
inflation, or any other economic hardship; in which America's
businesses are highly competitive in the international
marketplace; in which the crippling national debt is reduced and
eventually eliminated; and in which the tax burden is
significantly decreased, enabling everyone to enjoy greater
prosperity and a higher standard of living."
Natural Law
Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1996 |
Green
Platform |
1996 Green Party Platform
"In
this platform we make our case -- to change the way government
operates-- to change the quality of our everyday lives -- to
build a vision that brings new and lasting opportunities."
Green Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
1996 |
Taxpayers |
Taxpayers Party founded in
1992 will become known as the Constitution Party. For various
reasons some of the state affiliates retained their original
names; "Concerned Citizens Party" in
Connecticut, "U.S. Taxpayers
Party" in
Michigan, The
"Nebraska Independent Party" in
Nebraska,
"American Independent Party" in
California, and the
"Independent American Party" in
Nevada.
Taxpayers Party
-
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|
1996 |
Queer Nation |
Queer Nation Party had nominated
Joan Jett Blakk.
Queer Nation Party -
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|
1996 |
Amer. Reform |
American Reform Party -
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|
Other Parties of the 20th Century of nominal existence:
Commongood People's Party,
Country People's Caucus,
Human Rights Party,
Liberty Union,
New American Party,
New Party,
No Party, , |
|
21st Century
- 1800s |
|
2000 |
|
2000 |
GOP
Platform |
Republican
Platform 2000 "Renewing
America's Purpose. Together." - Convention opened
July 29th in Philadelphia,
PA.
"We are proud of the record we offer to the American people. We
have helped America overcome extraordinary challenges. We are
reshaping our government to meet the demands of the modern world
and better serve our citizens."
Preceded the election of
George W. Bush
Republican Party -
Wiki - history
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|
2000 |
dem
Platform |
2000 Democratic National Platform
"Prosperity, Progress, and Peace" -
Convention opened August 14th in Los Angeles,
CA.
"But in 1992, Americans elected Bill Clinton and Al Gore with a
mandate to turn America around. And that's just what they did.
They took on the old thinking that had come to dominate politics
and offered new ideas - new ideas that met the challenges of the
day, new ideas that kept faith with America's oldest values, new
ideas that worked."
- Yet the Democratic Party fights against America's oldest
values using ideas that are not new but detrimental to our
society.
Democratic Party -
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|
2000 |
Libertarian
Platform |
2000 National Platform of the Libertarian Party (July, 2004)
"We
believe that respect for individual rights is the essential
precondition for a free and prosperous world, that force and
fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only
through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized.."
Libertarian
Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
2000 |
Const.
Platform |
Constitution Party 2000 National Platform
"Our
Republic is a nation governed by a Constitution that is rooted
in Biblical law, administered by representatives who are
Constitutionally elected by the citizens."
Constitution
Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
2000 |
Reform
Platform |
REFORM PARTY OF THE USA Platform 2000
"We shall enact economic and fiscal
policies that require fiscal responsibility and accountability
from our government."
Reform
Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
2000 |
Natural Law
Platform |
Natural Law Party Platform 2000
"Government in accord with natural law. Solve problems at
their basis by bringing individual life, and our national
policies, into greater harmony with natural law through proven
educational programs; natural, preventive health care; renewable
energy; sustainable agriculture; and other forward-looking,
prevention-oriented programs."
Natural Law
Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
2000 |
Green
Platform |
2000 Platform of the Greens / Green Party USA
(May 26-28, 2000)
"The Greens/Green Party USA is the original Green Party
organization in the USA. It carries forward the radical vision
of the early Greens based on grassroots political and economic
democracy, nonviolence, social justice, and ecological
sustainability."
Green
Party
-
Wiki - history |
|
2000 |
Amer. Reform
Platform |
2000 American Reform Party Platform
"To renew democracy, our mission is to stimulate citizen
participation in the political process, break the two-party
monopoly, and guarantee free elections."
American Reform Party -
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2004 |
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2004 |
GOP
Platform |
2004
Republican Party Platform "A Safer World and a More Hopeful America" -
Convention opened August 30th in New York City, NY
ending on September 2nd.
"We are proud of the record we offer to the American people. We
have helped America overcome extraordinary challenges. We are
reshaping our government to meet the demands of the modern world
and better serve our citizens."
Preceded the reelection of
President George W. Bush
Republican Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
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2004 |
GOP |
2004
Republican National Convention Speeches (Aug. 30 - Sep. 2,
2004) |
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2004 |
dem
Platform |
2004 Democratic Party Platform
"Strong at Home, Respected in the World" -
Convention opened July 26th in Boston,
MA.
"John Kerry, John Edwards and the Democratic Party bring a new
vision for America -- strong at home, respected abroad. An
America that offers opportunity, rewards responsibility, and
rejoices in diversity."
- Yet the Democratic Party would rather we fight our
battles at home, than in the Middle East. The Democratic Party
proposes to "cut and run" in Iraq, thus causing disrespect
abroad. The Democratic Party restricts opportunity except the
opportunity to further restrict American success. The Democratic
Party rejoices in diversity to the exclusion of individual
respect and success.
Democratic Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
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2004 |
Libertarian
Platform |
2004 National Platform of the Libertarian Party (May, 2004)
"As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which
all individuals are sovereign over their own lives, and no one
is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of
others."
Libertarian
Party
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Wiki - history |
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2004 |
Const.
Platform |
Constitution Party National Platform of 2004
"The Constitution of the United States provides that "no
religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any
office or public trust under the United States." The
Constitution Party supports the original intent of this
language. Therefore, the Constitution Party calls on all those
who love liberty and value their inherent rights to join with us
in the pursuit of these goals and in the restoration of these
founding principles."
Constitution
Party
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Wiki - history |
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2004 |
Reform
Platform |
2004 Green Party Platform
2004 Green Party Convention was held June 23rd to the 28th, 2004
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
"Never has our country
faced as many challenges and crises as we do in 2004 and the
near future. Levels of federal revenue are the lowest they have
been since 1950 because of tax cuts and breaks for the very rich
and for corporations."
Reform Party
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Wiki - history |
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2008 |
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2008 |
GOP
Platform |
2008
Republican Party Platform "Serving A Cause Greater
Than Self" - Convention opened September 1st. in
Minneapolis & Saint Paul
"Yet we stand united today because we are the one party that
speaks to all Americans – conservatives, moderates,
libertarians, independents, and even liberals. We welcome all
to our deliberations in the firm belief that the principles
embodied in this platform will prove to be as compelling and
persuasive as they are vital and enduring. We do not fear
disagreement, and we do not demand conformity, but we do fight
for our principles with confidence that the best ideas will
prevail in the end."
Republican Party -
Wiki - history
See Presidential Elections |
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2008 |
dem
Platform |
2008 Democratic Party Platform
"Renewing America's Promise" - Convention opened July 26th
in Denver, CO.
" We believe that every American, whatever their background or
station in life, should have the chance to get a good education,
to work at a good job with good wages, to raise and provide for
a family, to live in safe surroundings, and to retire with
dignity and security. We believe that quality and affordable
health care is a basic right."
Preceded the election of
President Barack
H. Obama
Democratic Party -
Wiki - history
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2008 |
Libertarian
Platform |
2008 National Platform of the Libertarian Party
"Smaller Government - Lower Taxes - More Freedom"
Convention - May, 2008 - Denver, Colorado
"As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in
which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives and no
one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of
others."
Libertarian
Party
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Wiki - history |
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2008 |
Green
Platform |
2008 Green Party Platform
"Live Green Vote Green" Convention opened July 10th in
Chicago, Illinois.
"We
support the right of all persons to self-determination with
regard to gender identity and sex. We therefore support the
right of intersex and transgender individuals to be free from
coercion and involuntary assignment of gender or sex. We support
access to medical and surgical treatment for assignment or
reassignment of gender or sex, based on informed consent."
Green Party
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Wiki - history |
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2008 |
Reform
Platform |
2008 Reform Party Platform
Reform Party
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Wiki - history |
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2008 |
Const.
Platform |
Constitution Party National Platform of 2008
- Convention - April 24 - 27 in Kansas City, Missouri.
"The Constitution Party platform invokes a preamble
that looks to Jesus Christ as Creator, and seeks to secure 'our
unalienable rights given us by our Creator.'
"
Constitution
Party
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Wiki - history |
Historical Parties
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Farmer-Labor -
Federalist
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League -
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