The Free Soil Party was a political party in the United States from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican Party. The party was focused on opposing...

in favor of Martin Van Buren, and most of the Liberty Party folded into the larger Free Soil Party. Smith and the Liberty League continued to maintain an...

defeated Whig nominee General Winfield Scott. A third party candidate from the Free Soil party, John P. Hale, also ran and came in third place, but got...

over a platform dispute. Van Buren broke from his party to lead the ticket of the Free Soil Party, which opposed the extension of slavery into the territories...

persuaded his father to run as the candidate of the Barnburners and the Free Soil Party in order to defeat Cass; Martin Van Buren won enough votes in New York...

census. The village of Free Soil is located within the township. Free Soil Township was named in 1848 after the Free Soil Party. The township is in northern...

extended to Free Soil around 1882, and the village was incorporated in 1912. The community derives its name from the Free Soil Party. Free Soil is in northern...

and undercut the party's no-compromise position, most Barnburners who had joined the Free Soil Party returned to the Democratic Party. In 1854, some Barnburners...

Liberty Party in 1840; and the anti-slavery expansion Free Soil Party in 1848 and 1852. The Second Party System reflected and shaped the political, social...

National conventions of the Free Soil and Liberty parties met in 1847 and 1848 to nominate candidates for president and vice president in advance of the...