Third Parties in Politics
Some of Those That Have Lived and Died in American Politics Of the Past. March 15 1920
Third Parties in Politics
Some of Those That Have Lived and Died in American Politics Of the Past.
CANADA is to-day flirting with the idea of third parties so that the history of the long succession of third parties that have come into existence in the United States, struggled on for a little while and finally died, has an interest. It is briefly told by Aaron Hardy Ulm in Collier’s Weekly:
History records the “Quids” as the first of such movements. The name came from tertium quid a third something and was conferred on those who adhered to John Randolph of Roanoke in his revolt against Thomas Jefferson and the Republican, now the Democratic, party. It was more of an insurgent movement within the party than an attempt to set up a new party. Monroe was its candidate for President against Madison, but the candidate didn’t take the