In 1892 the Populist Party ran James B. Weaver of Iowa as its first presidential candidate. In Georgia the party nominated William L. Peek of Rockdale County for governor. By far, however, the party's most exciting candidate was Tom Watson of McDuffie County.
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Populist Campaigns. In 1892 the Populist Party ran James B. Weaver of Iowa as its first presidential candidate. In Georgia the party nominated William L. Peek of Rockdale County for governor. By far, however, the party's most exciting candidate was Tom Watson of McDuffie County.
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In the gubernatorial and local elections of 1894, the Democrats and the newly formed People’s Party or Populist Party vied for black votes in Georgia. Neither the Democrats nor the Populists called for racial equality in their platforms.
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the state's Populist Party and supported the same candidates. Kolb was the best known of these candidates; he ran for governor in 1892 and 1894. Kolb pledged that as governor he would protect the legal and political rights of blacks, for which the state's Democratic press condemned him.
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In 1892 the Populist Party ran James B. Weaver of Iowa as its first presidential candidate. In Georgia the party nominated William L. Peek of Rockdale County for governor.
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Populist appeals to the American republican tradition resonated with Texas voters to the extent that the People's Party developed into the major opposition to Democratic Party hegemony in Texas by the mid-1890s, securing 25 percent of the vote in 1892, 36 percent in 1894, and 44 perecent in 1896.
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While 67 percent of the 1894 Republicans voted the Populist' s state ticket in 1896, 26 percent of 1894 Populists defected to the Democratic Party (see Table 6). Even worse, 18 percent of those who voted the Populist state ticket in 1896 also cast their ballots for the Democratic presidential electors (see Table 7).
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McKinley defeated Bryan, and William Y. Atkinson, the Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia, took nearly 60 percent of the vote. Watson soon retired from politics. For all practical purposes, the Populist Party was dead.
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Southern support for the People's (Populist) party was intricately tied to activities of the Southern Farmers' Alliance, one of the largest agrarian protest organizations in American history.
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In the 1892 state election, for example, to vote for the People's party would have split the reform vote and possibly resulted in Clark's victory, and many potential third-party supporters were not willing to risk that possibility. As for the national election, the probability of a People's party victory was remote.
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The Populist candidate for governor in 1894 was
The Populist candidate for governor in 1894 was Kolb. Kolb was the populist candidate for governor in 1894.