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A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

Timeline of Events

1874

11.25.1874

The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.

1905

11.28.1905

Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

1933

7.14.1933

Gleichschaltung: in Germany, all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party.

1957

2.3.1957

Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS).

1964

7.20.1964

The National Movement of the Revolution is instituted as the sole legal political party in the Republic of Congo.

1976

8.14.1976

The Senegalese political party ''PAI-Rénovation'' is legally recognized. PAI-Rénovation thus becomes the third legal party in the country.

1982

7.8.1982

The Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized.

1989

2.10.1989

Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.

1999

4.8.1999

Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.