Liberal Party (Utah)
Former political party in Utah, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Liberal Party was a political party established in the latter half of the 1800s in Utah Territory before the national Democrats and Republicans established themselves in Utah in the early 1890s.
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Liberal Party | |
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Founded | 1870 (1870) |
Dissolved | 1896 (1896) |
Succeeded by | American Party (not legal successor) |
Ideology | Anti-clericalism Anti-Mormonism Big tent Liberalism Classical liberalism Republicanism |
Political position | Center-left |
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The Liberal Party formed in 1870 to oppose Mormons, which dominated local politics via the People's Party. The Liberal Party thus represented opposition to government controlled by organized religious groups.
Though vastly outnumbered, the Liberal Party offered an opposing voice and won several local elections. Anti-Mormonism remained a central theme of the party until it disbanded in 1893 and became absorbed by the national parties.