4 Matching Results

Search Results

Advanced search parameters have been applied.
in subjects: "populists"  
Results: 1 - 4

"Let the People Rule": William Jennings Bryan and the Oklahoma Constitution

Description: Article illustrates the influence of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan on the Oklahoma Constitution and Constitutional Convention. Robert D. Lewallen explores Bryan's political career as well as his populist beliefs, and the way populism was received by society at the time.
Date: Autumn 1995
Creator: Lewallen, Robert D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Election of J. Y. Callahan

Description: Article describes the election of James Yancy Callahan representing Oklahoma Territory as a delegate to the U. S. House of Representatives, signaling a victory for the Populist Party. Elmer L. Fraker describes the rise of the populists and their collaboration with the Democratic party in the territorial period of Oklahoma's history.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Fraker, Elmer L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Curious Links: Unorthodox Ideas from Antediluvian Speculation to New Thought and Utopian Hopes in Early Oklahoma Politics

Description: Article examines the lives, careers, and works of four founding political figures of the state of Oklahoma: newspaper editor-publisher and Populist Party organizer Samuel Crocker, Boomer and Populist member of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature I. N. Terrill, displaced governor and key figure at Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Henry S. Johnston, and William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, officer at the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and later governor of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Turner, Alvin O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Demise of Populism in Oklahoma Territory

Description: Article describes the establishment, growth, and eventual demise of the People's Party, or the Populist Party, in Oklahoma Territory in the late nineteenth century. Terry Paul Wilson explores their political agendas, the candidates they supported, and the concept of fusion of parties.
Date: Autumn 1965
Creator: Wilson, Terry Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
Back to Top of Screen