Nonpartisan League
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This article is about the former North Dakota political party. For the former Alberta political party, see Alberta Non-Partisan League. For other uses, see Nonpartisan.
The Nonpartisan League (NPL) was a left-wing political party founded in 1915 in North Dakota by Arthur C. Townley, a former organizer for the Socialist Party of America. On behalf of small farmers and merchants, the Nonpartisan League advocated state control of mills, grain elevators, banks, and other farm-related industries in order to reduce the power of corporate and political interests from Minneapolis and Chicago.[1]
Quick Facts North Dakota Nonpartisan League, Leader ...
North Dakota Nonpartisan League | |
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Leader | Arthur C. Townley |
Founded | 1915 (1915) |
Dissolved | 1956 (1956) |
Preceded by | Socialist Party of North Dakota |
Succeeded by | North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party |
Headquarters | Patterson Hotel, Bismarck |
Ideology | Left-wing populism Democratic socialism Labourism Agrarianism Localism |
Political position | Left-wing |
National affiliation | Socialist Party of America |
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The League adopted the goat as a mascot; it was known as "The Goat that Can't be Got".[2]