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James Baird Weaver (June 12, 1833 – February 12, 1912) was an American politician in Iowa who was a member of the United States House of Representatives and two-time candidate for President of the United States. Born in Ohio, he moved to Iowa as a boy when his family claimed a homestead on the frontier.
James B. Weaver (born June 12, 1833, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.—died Feb. 6, 1912, Des Moines, Iowa) was an American politician who leaned toward agrarian radicalism; he twice ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. presidency, as the Greenback-Labor candidate (1880) and as the Populist candidate (1892).
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James B. Weaver, a prominent Populist leader and presidential candidate, published this book in 1892 to expose the evils of plutocracy and advocate radical reforms. He argued that the American people had a Christian duty to overthrow the corrupt system and restore democracy.
The party fielded presidential candidate James B. Weaver (See Weaver) in the election of 1892 and garnered 8.5 percent of the vote, carrying Idaho, Kansas, Colorado, and Nevada. The inaugural platform reprinted here was formally adopted at the party’s first national nominating convention in Omaha, Nebraska, on July 4, 1892.
May 18, 2018 · James Baird Weaver (1833-1912) was an American political leader of reform movements who twice ran for the presidency. James Baird Weaver was born on June 12, 1833, at Dayton, Ohio. His family soon moved to the virgin prairies of lowa to farm. Weaver attended country schools.
Sep 1, 2002 · Lause chronicles the Greenback campaign of 1880 from early optimism to defeat, when Weaver failed to carry a single state and is credited with only 307,000 votes. Lause blames many for Weaver's disappointing showing: local officials who refused to count insurgent ballots; pragmatic and conservative reformers who abandoned the third ...
Nov 1, 2015 · An unexpectedly fascinating account of James B. Weaver, a proud son of Iowa who managed to play a critical but largely overlooked role in many political reform movements of the late 19th century.
- Robert B. Mitchell
