Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party
Farmer–Labor Party of Minnesota | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1918 |
| Dissolved | 1944 |
| Merger of | Nonpartisan League Duluth Union Labor Party |
| Succeeded by | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Ideology | Co-operative commonwealth Left-wing populism Progressivism Social democracy Laborism Anti-capitalism Factions: Socialism Isolationism Communism (From 1936) |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | None (1918–1919) Labor Party of the United States (1919–1920) Farmer–Labor Party of the United States (1920–1923) Federated Farmer–Labor Party (1923–1924) Farmer–Labor Party of the United States (1924–1936) None (1936–1944) |
The Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party (FLP), officially known as the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota, was a left-wing American political party in Minnesota between 1918 and 1944. The FLP largely dominated Minnesota politics during the Great Depression. It was one of the most successful statewide third party movements in United States history and the longest-lasting and most fruitful affiliate of the national Farmer–Labor movement. At its height in the 1920s and 1930s, FLP members included three Minnesota governors, four United States senators, eight United States representatives and a majority in the Minnesota legislature.
In 1944, Hubert H. Humphrey and Elmer Benson worked to merge the party with the state's Democratic Party, forming the contemporary Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.