American Republican Party (1843)
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American Republican Party | |
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| Founded | 1843 |
| Dissolved | 1845 |
| Preceded by | Whig Party |
| Merged into | Native American Party |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Ideology | |
Elections | |
The American Republican Party was a minor
political organization
that was launched in New York in June 1843, largely as a protest against immigrant voters and officeholders.
In 1844, the American Republican Party carried municipal elections in
Despite some initial success of the party, it lost public support following the Philadelphia nativist riots of 1844 during which American Republican Party members were involved in burning down two Catholic churches.[2]
Its founders included Lewis Charles Levin, Samuel Kramer, "General" Peter Sken Smith, James Wallace, and John Gitron.[4]
See also
- Free Soil Party
- Know Nothing Party
- The Crisis!: An Appeal to Our Countrymen, on the Subject of Foreign Influence in the United States!, a book published by the General Executive Committee of the American Republican Party in 1844 to describe the organization's anti-immigrant message.
References
- ^ LeMay, Michael. Transforming America: Perspectives on U.S. Immigration. ABC-CLIO. p. 220.
- ^ S2CID 243299547.
- ISBN 978-0-19-994867-3.
- ^ Forman, John A. (1960). "Lewis Charles Levin: Portrait of an American Demagogue" (PDF). The American Jewish Archives. 12 (2): 150–194.
Sources
- Adams, James Truslow. Dictionary of American History, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.
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