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Arthur C. Townley

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Arthur Charles Townley (1880–1959) was an American political organizer best known as the founder the National Non-Partisan League (NPL), a radical farmers' organization which had considerable political success in the states of North Dakota and Minnesota during the second half of the 1910s. [1]

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Alexandria, Minnesota

Alexandria is a city and the county seat of Douglas County, Minnesota.

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Beach, North Dakota

Beach is a city in and the county seat of Golden Valley County in the State of North Dakota.

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Browns Valley, Minnesota

Browns Valley is a city in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States, adjacent to the South Dakota border.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Communism

In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.

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Communist Party USA

The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) is a communist political party in the United States established in 1919 after a split in the Socialist Party of America.

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Conference for Progressive Political Action

The Conference for Progressive Political Action was officially established by the convention call of the 16 major railway labor unions in the United States, represented by a committee of six: William H. Johnston of the Machinists' Union, Martin F. Ryan of the Railway Carmen, Warren S. Stone of the Locomotive Engineers, E. J. Manion or the Railroad Telegraphers, Timothy Healy of the Stationary Firemen, and L. E. Sheppard of the Order of Railway Conductors.

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Farmers' movement

The farmers' movement was, in American political history, the general name for a movement between 1867 and 1896.

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Governor of North Dakota

The Governor of North Dakota is the head of the executive branch of North Dakota's state government and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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Gray Davis

Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.

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Jackson County, Minnesota

Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Lynn Frazier

Lynn Joseph Frazier (December 21, 1874January 11, 1947) was a politician from North Dakota, serving as a U.S. Senator from 1923 to 1941 and the 12th Governor of North Dakota from 1917 until being recalled in 1921.

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Makoti, North Dakota

Makoti is a city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.

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McCarthyism

McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.

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New Effington, South Dakota

New Effington is a town in Roberts County, South Dakota, United States.

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Nonpartisan League

The Nonpartisan League (NPL) was a political organization founded in 1915 in the United States by Arthur C. Townley, former organizer for the Socialist Party of America.

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North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Robinson, North Dakota

Robinson is a city in Kidder County, North Dakota, United States.

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Socialist Party of North Dakota

The Socialist Party of North Dakota was the semi-autonomous affiliate of the Socialist Party of America established in 1902 in the state of North Dakota.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1956

The 1956 U.S. Senate election in North Dakota was held November 6, 1956.

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United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1958

The 1958 U.S. Senate election in North Dakota was held November 4, 1958.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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William Langer

William "Wild Bill" Langer (September 30, 1886November 8, 1959) was a prominent US politician from North Dakota.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Townley

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