Samuel Hoar was one of its founders and also called the convention that would lead to its end.
Samuel Hoar was one of its founders and also called the convention that would lead to its end. In its last ticket appearance this party had 12 congressman and its presidential candidate, John Hale, won over five percent of the vote. It succeeded in getting Charles Sumner elected to the Senate, but its most successful ticket was the first, consisting of Charles Francis Adams and Martin Van Buren. This entity was composed primarily of Barnburners, or New York Democrats, and former Liberty Party members. FTP, identify this political party formed in 1848 that opposed the extension of slavery into new territories.
Samuel Hoar was one of its founders and also called the convention that would lead to its end.
{Free Soil} Party