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The 1884 Greenback Party National Convention assembled in
English's Opera House English's Opera House, also known as English's Theatre, was a theatre located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana at Monument Circle. It was built by William Hayden English and opened in 1880. It was modeled after the Grand Opera House in Manhatta ...
in Indianapolis, Indiana. Delegates from 28 states and the
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were in attendance. The convention nominated Benjamin F. Butler for president over Party Chairman
Jesse Harper Jesse Clair Harper (December 10, 1883 – July 31, 1961) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Alma College (1906–1907), Wabash College (1909–1912), a ...
on the first ballot. Absolom M. West was nominated unanimously for vice-president, and subsequently was also endorsed by the Anti-Monopoly Party. Greenback candidates: Image:Bfbutler.jpg, Image:Jesseharper.jpg, Butler had initially hoped to form a number of fusion slates with the ''"minority party"'' in each state, Democratic or Republican, and for his supporters of various parties to come together under a single ''"People's Party"''. Many in the two major parties however, while maybe agreeing with Butler's message and platform, were unwilling to place their support beyond the party line. In a number of places, Iowa in particular, fusion slates were nominated; essentially, Butler's and Cleveland's votes would both be added together for the total vote of the fusion slate, allowing them to carry the state even if neither were to carry a plurality, with the electoral vote being divided according to the percentage of the vote each party net. Even if Fusion were carried out in every state in which it were considered possible ''(Indiana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois)'', it would not have changed the result, none of the states flipping from Blaine to Cleveland, with Butler winning a single electoral vote from Indiana. Source
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