in U.S. history (191844), a minor political party of Minnesotan
small farmers and urban workers, which supported Robert M. La
Follette in the 1924 presidential election and Franklin D.
Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936. An outgrowth of the Nonpartisan
League (q.v.), the FarmerLabor Party began nominating candidates
for the Minnesota legislature in 1918. Several state senators
and representatives were elected from the party, which became a
federation in 1923. Its candidate, Floyd B. Olson, was elected
governor in 1930, reelected in 1932 and 1934. The party merged
with the Democrats to form the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in
1944. An offshoot, the National FarmerLabor Party, nominated
P.P. Christensen in the 1920 presidential election. Lacking
adequate finances and organization, the party won few votes and
expired in 1923.