1884 Greenback National Convention

American political convention January 2025 1884 Greenback Bfbutler.jpg Absolum west.jpg Nominees Butler and West May 28–29, 1884 English's Opera House Indianapolis, Indiana Benjamin F. Butler Massachusetts Absolom M. West Mississippi 1880 1888 The 1884 Greenback Party National Convention assembled in English's Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Delegates from 28 states and the District of Columbia were in attendance. The convention nominated Benjamin F. Butler for president over Party Chairman Jesse Harper on the first ballot. Absolom M. West was nominated unanimously for vice-president, and subsequently was also endorsed by the Anti-Monopoly Party. Greenback candidates: Butler had initially hoped to form a number of fusion slates with the "minority party" in each state, Democratic or Republican, and for his supporters of various parties to come together under a single "People's Party". Many in the two major parties however, while maybe agreeing with Butler's message and platform, were unwilling to place their support beyond the party line. In a number of places, Iowa in particular, fusion slates were nominated; essentially, Butler's and Cleveland's votes would both be added together for the total vote of the fusion slate, allowing them to carry the state even if neither were to carry a plurality, with the electoral vote being divided according to the percentage of the vote each party net. Even if Fusion were carried out in every state in which it were considered possible (Indiana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois), it would not have changed the result, none of the states flipping from Blaine to Cleveland, with Butler winning a single electoral vote from Indiana. Presidential Ballot Ballot1stBenjamin F. Butler 323Jesse Harper 98Edward P. Allis 2Solon Chase 2David Davis 1 Source: US President - G Convention. Our Campaigns. (February 11, 2012). https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1884/08/20/106152322.pdf FUSION AND CONFUSION. - View Article - NYTimes.com New York Times 2014-07-09 References Greenback National Convention Greenback National Convention Category:Greenback Party Category:19th-century political conferences Greenback National Convention Category:Benjamin Butler Category:United States presidential nominating conventions in Indianapolis