Wisconsin Nonpartisan League Records, 1920-1924

Biography/History

The Nonpartisan League is a national organization formed to help improve conditions for the farmer, chiefly by legislative means. With headquarters in Minneapolis, it has been most influential in the states of the upper Mississippi valley area, appealing especially to farmers of Scandinavian descent. The League has functioned, with varying success, as a third party organization, or in support of candidates running as Republicans or Democrats when those candidates embrace League programs.