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Farmer-Labor Party

Farmer-Labor Party was a political party of Minnesota. It was started in 1918. The party had a good deal of success in the politics of Minnesota. Three governors and four United States Senators of Minnesota were members of the party.

The party platform called for: protection for farmers and labor union members, government ownership of some industries and social security laws.

The Minnesota Democratic party lead by Hubert H. Humphrey was able to merged the Farmer-Labor party with the state's Democratic party in 1944. Since 1944 the two parties together make up the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.


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Henrik Shipstead later switch to Republican
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