Knights Of Reciprocity
Knights of Reciprocity (acronym, KofR; est. 1890) was an American semi-political system, political secret societies, secret society. Largely inspired by opposition to the Farmers' Alliance, it was organized in Garden City, Kansas, on November 26, 1890, by members of the Freemasons, Masonic Fraternity, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias. The KofR was organized for the express purpose of aiding James G. Blaine to the Republican Party (United States), Republican presidential nomination, and grew so rapidly that when the 1892 Republican National Convention was held in Minneapolis, the order had a membership in Missouri alone of over 20,000. With the defeat of Blaine, interest in the order lagged for a time, but after William Warner (Missouri politician), William Warner's nomination, the enthusiasm flamed up again. History The KofR was more or less a direct outgrowth of the Elections in Kansas, Kansas elections of 1890. The Farmers' Alliance of that year promulgated platforms inclu ...
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