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The following table indicates party affiliation in the Commonwealth of Virginia for the individual offices of: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; It also indicates the historical composition of the collective: Senate; House of Delegates; State delegation to the United States Senate (individually)
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... The following is a list of populist parties, leaders and movements.
People's Party (1892) 1892–1903 Populist Party Populism [85] Merged into: Democratic Party: 1892 1908 Silver Party: 1893–1902 Bimetalism [86] Merged into: Democratic Party: 1892 1902 Silver Republican Party: 1897–1900 Bimetalism [87] Merged into: Republican Party: 1896 1900 Socialist Party of America: 1911–1913 1915–1919 1921–1929 ...
The Readjuster Party refinanced the Commonwealth's debts and invested in schools, especially for African Americans, who gained access to teaching jobs. The party increased funding for what is now Virginia Tech and established its black counterpart, Virginia State University. The Readjuster Party abolished the poll tax and the public whipping post.
A small faction of the party continued to operate into the first decade of the 20th century but never matched the popularity of the party in the early 1890s. The Populist Party's roots lay in the Farmers' Alliance, an agrarian movement that promoted economic action during the Gilded Age, as well as the Greenback Party, an earlier third party ...
The Democratic Party recovered in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern districts dominated by Catholic and working-class voters. In the Western United States, the Populist Party made large gains and several Republicans broke away over the national party platform's endorsement of a gold standard. This election marked the zenith of the Populist Party.
Still, the party that controls the Virginia Senate going into the presidential election has gone on to win the presidency every year but once since 1999. That one time was in 2011, when the two ...
People Reform Party; People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia; People's Party (Iceland) People's Party (Romania, 1918–38) People's Party of the Republic of Moldova; People's Power Party (Singapore) People's Radical Party; The Peoples Political Party; Pheu Thai Party; Podemos Perú; Populist Party (France) Progressive Conservative ...