Everything about the American Labor Party totally explained
The
American Labor Party was a
political party in the
United States active almost exclusively in the state of
New York.
History
The first attempt to form an American Labor Party in New York occurred in 1918. This organization participated in the
Farmer-Labor Party of the 1920's.
The second American Labor Party was formed in 1936 by labor leaders and former members of the
Socialist Party. A
fusion party, its initial purpose was to give New York Socialist Party members a way of supporting President Franklin Roosevelt's reelection without having to cast a vote for the
Democratic Party.
The Party's most successful politician was
Vito Marcantonio, who served in the
United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1951. From 1948 until 1949, the ALP had two seats in the House, as
Leo Isacson joined Marcantonio after winning a special election early in 1948, but he was defeated in the general election that year.
The ALP's most common strategy was to co-endorse the candidate of one of the major parties, although, as in the case of Marcantonio and Isacson, it would also sometimes run its own candidates. It was able to elect some of its own candidates by trading support for major party candidates (often Republicans) with the major parties for support of their candidates.
In 1936, 1940, and 1944, the ALP endorsed
Franklin D. Roosevelt for president of the United States. In 1948, rather than support
Harry Truman, it backed
Progressive Party candidate
Henry A. Wallace. By the 1950s, the ALP had lost much of its support to the rival
Liberal Party of New York, in part because of accusations of
communist influence in the ALP. In 1952, the party nominated lawyer
Vincent Hallinan for president, but he attracted little support.
Corliss Lamont made an unsuccessful run under the party's banner for the U.S. Senate, also in 1952. After a disappointing campaign for governor in 1954, the ALP lost access to the ballot, and in 1956, it voted itself out of existence.
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