Its second incarnation held its first national convention in Toledo, Ohio.
Its second incarnation held its first national convention in Toledo, Ohio. Among the issues on the platform were the support of an eight-hour workday and the restriction of Chinese immigration. The first incarnation had only lasted for one presidential election, having nominated the woeful 85-year old philanthropist Peter Cooper. The party withered away after the disappointing showing of its final presidential candidate, Benjamin Butler. The impetus for its formation was its members' dissatisfaction with a bill that had initially been vetoed by Grant – the Specie Resumption Act. FTP, name this American political party of the 1870s and 80s that advocated the issuance of the namesake paper currency.
Its second incarnation held its first national convention in Toledo, Ohio.
{Greenback}-Labor Party