Independence Party (United States)

The Independence Party, established as the Independence League, was a short-lived minor American political party sponsored by newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst in 1906. The organization was the successor to the Municipal Ownership League under whose colors Hearst had run for Mayor of New York in 1905.

This article is about a defunct American political party. For the party formed in 2007, see Independence Party of America. For other parties of similar names, see Independence Party.
Independence Party
ChairmanWilliam Randolph Hearst
Founded1906 (1906)
Dissolved1914 (1914)
Preceded byMunicipal Ownership League
HeadquartersNew York City, NY
NewspaperHearst Newspapers
IdeologyReformism
Merit system
Progressivism
Colors  Bronze (party's medal color)
  • Politics of the United States
  • Political parties
  • Elections

After its second-place finish in a race for Governor of Massachusetts in 1907, the party set its sights on the Presidency, and held a national convention to nominate a ticket in 1908. The party garnered only 83,000 votes nationally in the 1908 election, however, and immediately dissolved as a national force.

The Independence League of New York continued to nominate candidates for office in New York state until the state election of 1914.

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