Anti-Monopoly Party

The Anti- Monopoly Party (English for Anti -Monopoly Party) was a political party in the United States, which was founded in 1884 ( May 14 ) in Chicago.

Prior to this Convention in Chicago, there were already Anti- Monopoly parties that operated at the state level, especially in California and New York. Their platforms were similar to those of other parties, which were classified as progressive. The party called for the direct election of senators, a progressive income tax, trade union rights and intensification of competition law (especially monopoly prohibitions).

The former general of the Union army and governor of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin Butler, was nominated as the presidential candidate for the elections of 1884. Just as the United States Greenback Party, the AMP called for the election Butlers. Both parties nominated Absolom M. West of the Mississippi for the office of Vice-President. Butler received 175 370 votes in the election, the Anti- Monopoly Party was not long after the election. Many claims of the two parties were later implemented.

Elected officials

A member of the Anti- Monopoly Party was elected to the House of Representatives of the United States and one in the U.S. Senate:

• Newton Booth, Senator from California. He sat on the 44th, 45th and 46th Congress of the United States ( 1875-1881 ).
• Benjamin F. Shively, deputy from Indiana's 13th congressional district was represented in the 48th Congress of between 4 March 1883 to 3 March 1885.