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Anti-Masonic Party

TheAnti-Masonic Partywas the earliestthird partyin the United States.[11]Formally asingle-issue party,it strongly opposedFreemasonry in the United States.It was active from the late 1820s, especially in the Northeast, and later attempted to become a major party by expanding its platform to take positions on other issues. It declined quickly after 1832 as most members joined the newWhig Party;it disappeared after 1838.

Anti-Masonic Party
LeaderSolomon Southwick
Thurlow Weed
William Wirt
FoundedFirst: February 1828;196 years ago(February 1828)
Second: 1872;152 years ago(1872)
DissolvedFirst: December 1840;184 years ago(December 1840)
Second: 1888;136 years ago(1888)
Merged intoWhig Party
HeadquartersAlbany, New York
NewspaperAnti-Masonic Enquirer
National Observer
Albany Journal
IdeologyAmerican School
Anti-elitism(de facto)[1][2][3][4][5]
Anti-Jacksonianism[6][7]
Anti-Masonry[8]
ReligionProtestantism[9]
National affiliationNational Republican Party(1828)[7][10]
ColorsBuff

The party was founded following the disappearance ofWilliam Morgan,a former Mason who had become a prominent critic of the Masonic organization. Many believed that Masons had murdered Morgan for speaking out against Masonry and subsequently many churches and other groups condemned Masonry. As many Masons were prominent businessmen and politicians, the backlash against the Masons was also a form of anti-elitism.The Anti-Masons purported that Masons posed a threat to Americanrepublicanismby secretly trying to control the government. Furthermore, there was a strong fear that Masonry was hostile toChristianity.

Mass opposition to Masonry eventually coalesced into a political party. Before and during thepresidency of John Quincy Adams,there was a period of political realignment. The Anti-Masons emerged as an important third-party alternative toAndrew Jackson'sDemocratsand Adams'National Republicans.InNew York,the Anti-Masons supplanted the National Republicans as the primary opposition to the Democrats.

After experiencing unexpected success in the1828 elections,the Anti-Masons adopted positions on other issues, most notably support forinternal improvementsand a protectivetariff.Several Anti-Masons, includingWilliam A. PalmerandJoseph Ritner,won election to prominent positions. In states such asPennsylvaniaandRhode Island,the party controlled the balance of power in the state legislature and provided crucial support to candidates for theUnited States Senate.In 1831, the party held the firstpresidential nominating convention,a practice that was subsequently adopted by all major parties. Delegates chose former U.S. attorney generalWilliam Wirtas their standard bearer in the1832 presidential election;Wirt won 7.8% of the popular vote and carriedVermont.

As the 1830s progressed, many of the Anti-Masonic Party's supporters joined the Whig Party, which sought to unite those opposed to the policies of President Jackson. The Anti-Masons brought with them an intense distrust of politicians and a rejection of unthinking party loyalty, together with new campaign techniques to whip up excitement among the voters. The Anti-Masonic Party held a national convention in 1835, nominatingWhigcandidateWilliam Henry Harrison,but a second convention announced that the party would not officially support a candidate. Harrison campaigned as a Whig in the1836 presidential electionand his relative success in the election encouraged further migration of Anti-Masons to the Whig Party. By 1840, the party had ceased to function as a national organization. In subsequent decades, former Anti-Masonic candidates and supporters such asMillard Fillmore,William H. Seward,Thurlow WeedandThaddeus Stevensbecame prominent members of the Whig Party.

History

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Background

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William Morgan,whose disappearance and probable murder led to creation of the Anti-Masonic Party

The opponents of Freemasonry formed a political movement after theMorgan affairconvinced them the Masons were murdering men who spoke out against them.[12]This key episode was the mysterious 1826 disappearance of William Morgan, a Freemason in upstate New York who had turned against the Masons.[13]

Morgan claimed to have been made a member of the Masons while living in Canada[14]and he appears to have briefly attended a lodge in Rochester.[15]: 9 In 1825, Morgan received theRoyal Archdegree atLe Roy's Western Star Chapter #33, having declared under oath that he had previously received the six degrees which preceded it.[16][17]Whether he actually received these degrees and if so from where has not been determined for certain.[15]: 9 [16]

Morgan then attempted unsuccessfully to help establish or visit lodges and chapters inBatavia,but was denied participation in Batavia's Masonic activities by members who were uncertain about Morgan's character and claims to Masonic membership.[18]Angered by the rejection, Morgan announced that he was going to publish an exposé titledIllustrations of Masonry,[19]critical of the Freemasons and describing their secret degree ceremonies in detail.[20]

When his intentions became known to the Batavia lodge, an attempt was made to burn down the business of the printer who planned to publish Morgan's book.[21]In September 1826, Morgan was arrested on flimsy allegations of failing to repay a loan and theft of a shirt and tie in an effort to prevent publication of his book by keeping him in jail.[22]The individual who intended to publish Morgan's book paid his bail and he was released from custody.[22]Shortly afterwards, Morgan disappeared.[23]

Some skeptics argued that Morgan had left the Batavia area on his own, either because he had been paid not to publish his book, or to escape Masonic retaliation for attempting to publish the book, or to generate publicity that would boost the book's sales.[24]The generally believed version of events was that Masons killed Morgan by drowning him in theNiagara River.[25][26]Whether he fled or was murdered, Morgan's disappearance led many to believe that Freemasonry was in conflict with good citizenship.[27]

Because judges, businessmen, bankers and politicians were often Masons, ordinary citizens began to think of it as an elitist group.[2]Moreover, many claimed that the lodges' secret oaths bound Masons to favor each other against outsiders in the courts and elsewhere.[3]

Because some trials of alleged Morgan conspirators were mishandled and the Masons resisted further inquiries, many New Yorkers concluded that Masons controlled key offices and used their official authority to promote the goals of the fraternity by ensuring that Morgan's supposed killers escaped punishment.[28]When a member sought to reveal its secrets, so ran the conclusion, the Freemasons had done away with him. Because they controlled the courts and other offices, they were considered capable of obstructing the investigation. True Americans, they said, had to organize and defeat this conspiracy. If good government was to be restored "all Masons must be purged from public office".[29]

Party foundation

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Thurlow Weed,newspaper editor who helped form the Anti-Masonic Party

The Anti-Masonic Party was formed inUpstate New Yorkin February 1828.[30]Anti-Masons were opponents of Freemasonry, believing that it was a corrupt and elitistsecret societywhich was ruling much of the country in defiance ofrepublican principles.[31]Many people regarded the Masonic organization and its adherents involved in government as corrupt.[4][5]

Opposition to Masonry was taken up by some evangelical Protestant churches as a religious cause, particularly in theBurned-over districtof upstate New York.[32]Many churches passed resolutions condemning ministers and lay leaders who were Masons and several denominations condemned Freemasonry, including thePresbyterian,Congregational,MethodistandBaptistchurches.[33]

Solomon Southwick,newspaper publisher and 1828 Anti-Masonic candidate for Governor of New York

Anti-Masonry became a political issue inWestern New York,where early in 1827 many mass meetings resolved not to support Masons for public office.[34]In New York, the supporters of PresidentJohn Quincy Adams,called "Adams men", or Anti-Jacksonians, orNational Republicans,were a feeble organization. Adams supporters used the strong anti-Masonic feeling to create a new party in opposition to the risingJacksonian Democracynationally and theAlbany Regencypolitical organization ofMartin Van Burenin New York.[7]In this effort, they were aided by the fact thatAndrew Jacksonwas a high-ranking Mason and frequently spoke in praise of the organization.[35]The alleged remark of Anti-Masonic organizerThurlow Weed(which Weed denied), that an unidentified corpse found in the Niagara River was "a good enough Morgan" until after the 1828 elections, summarized the value of the Morgan disappearance for the opponents of Jackson.[36]

Political rise

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In theelections of 1828,the new party proved unexpectedly strong.[37]Though itscandidateforgovernor of New York,Solomon Southwick,was defeated, the Anti-Masonic Party became the main opposition party to the Jacksonian Democrats in New York.[38]In 1829, it broadened its issues base when it became a champion ofinternal improvementsand the protectivetariff.[39]

Anti-Masonic Party members expanded the use of party-affiliated newspapers for political organizing by publishing over 100, including Southwick'sNational Observerand Weed'sAnti-Masonic Enquirer.[15]: 34–35 By 1829, Weed'sAlbany Journalhad become the preeminent Anti-Masonic paper and it later became the leadingWhignewspaper.[40][41][42]The newspapers of the time reveled in partisanship and one brief paragraph in anAlbany Journalarticle opposingMartin Van Burenincluded the words "dangerous", "demagogue", "corrupt", "degrade", "pervert", "prostitute", "debauch" and "cursed".[43]

Conventions and elections

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A national Anti-Masonic organization was planned as early as 1827, when the New York leaders attempted unsuccessfully to persuadeHenry Clayto renounce his Masonic membership and head the movement.[37]

By 1830, the Anti-Masonic movement's effort to broaden its appeal enabled it to spread to neighboring states, becoming especially strong inPennsylvaniaandVermont.[37]In 1831,William A. Palmerwas electedgovernor of Vermonton an Anti-Masonic ticket, an office he held until 1835.[44]Palmer's brother-in-lawAugustine Clarkewas an Anti-Masonic presidential elector in 1832, served asVermont state treasurerfrom 1833 to 1837 and was appointed to the Anti-Masonic National Committee in 1837.[45][46][47]Other Vermont Anti-Masonic electors in 1832 included former governorEzra Butlerand formerUnited States representativeWilliam Strong.[48]

The highest elected office held by a member of the Anti-Masonic Party was governor. Besides Palmer in Vermont,Joseph Ritnerwas thegovernor of Pennsylvaniafrom 1835 to 1839.[49]

In addition to Palmer and Ritner,Silas H. Jennison,an Anti-Mason, was electedLieutenant Governor of VermontwithWhigsupport in 1835. No candidate, including Palmer, received a majority of votes for governor as required by the Vermont Constitution. The contest then moved to theVermont General Assembly,which could not choose a winner. The General Assembly then opted to allow Jennison to act as governor until the next election. He won election as governor in his own right as a Whig in 1836 and served from 1836 to 1841.[44][50]

FormerMasonWilliam WirtwonVermont'sElectoral Collegevotes in the1832 presidential electionfor the Anti-Masonic Party

Though the Anti-Masonic Party elected nosenatorsand controlled no houses of a state legislature, Anti-Masons in state legislatures sometimes formed coalitions to elect senators and organize their chambers. Examples include:William Wilkins,elected to the Senate in 1830 by a coalition of Democrats and Anti-Masons in thePennsylvania General Assembly;[51][52]andWilliam Sprague,elected speaker of theRhode Island House of Representativesin 1831 by a coalition of Democrats and Anti-Masons.[53]

Amos Ellmaker,1832 Anti-Masonic candidate forVice President

The Anti-Masonic Party conducted the firstpresidential nominating conventionin the United States history for the1832 elections,nominatingWilliam Wirt(a former Mason) forpresidentandAmos Ellmakerforvice presidentin Baltimore. Wirt won 7.8 percent of the popular vote and the seven electoral votes of Vermont.[54]Soon the Democrats and Whigs recognized the convention's value in managing parties and campaigns and began to hold their own.[55]

Following Ritner's election in 1835, a state convention was held in Harrisburg on December 14–17, 1835 to choosepresidential electorsfor the1836 election.[56]The convention nominatedWilliam Henry Harrisonfor president andFrancis Grangerfor vice president.[57]The Vermont state Anti-Masonic convention followed suit on February 24, 1836.[58]Anti-Masonic leaders were unable to obtain assurance from Harrison that he was not a Mason, so they called a national convention. The second national Anti-Masonic nominating convention was held in Philadelphia on May 4, 1836.[59]The meeting was divisive, but a majority of the delegates officially stated that the party was not sponsoring a national ticket for the presidential election of 1836 and proposed a meeting in 1837 to discuss the future of the party.[60]

Although Harrison lost the election to Democratic candidateMartin Van Burenin 1836, his strength throughout the North was hailed by Anti-Masonic leaders because the Anti-Masonic Party was the first to officially place his name in contention.[61]By the mid-1830s, other Anti-Jacksonians had coalesced into theWhig Party,which had a broader issue base than the Anti-Masons. By the late 1830s, many of the Anti-Masonic movement's members were moving to the Whigs, regarding that party as a better alternative to the Jacksonians, by then called Democrats.[62]The Anti-Masonic Party held a conference in September 1837 to discuss its situation—one delegate was former president John Quincy Adams.[63]

The Anti-Masonic Party held a third national nominating convention atTemperance HallinPhiladelphiaon November 13–14, 1838.[64]By this time, the party had been almost entirely supplanted by the Whigs. The Anti-Masons unanimously endorsed William Henry Harrison for president andDaniel Websterfor vice president in the1840 election.When the Whig National Convention nominated Harrison withJohn Tyleras his running mate, the Anti-Masonic Party did not make an alternate nomination and ceased to function, with most adherents being fully absorbed into the Whigs by 1840.[65][66]

Legacy

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Jonathan Blanchard,1884 presidential candidateof the Anti-Masonic Party's second incarnation

Anti-Masonry was deeply committed to conspiracy theories, primarily the claim that Masonic elites were trying to secretly control the government.[67]As people became more mobile economically during theIndustrial Revolutionand began to move west when new states were populated by white settlers and added to the Union, the growth of the Anti-Masonic movement was caused by the political and social unrest resulting from the weakening of longstanding family and community ties.[68]With Freemasonry one of the few institutions that remained stable during this time of change, it became a natural target for protesters.[69]As a result, the Morgan Affair became the highly visible catalyst that turned a popular movement into a political party.[70]

Under the banner of Anti-Masons, able leaders united Anti-Jacksonians and others who were discontented with existing political conditions.[71]The fact that William Wirt, their choice for the presidency in 1832, not only was a former Mason, but also defended Freemasonry in a speech before the convention that nominated him indicates that opposition to Masonry was not the Anti-Masonic movement's sole issue.[66]

The Anti-Masonic movement gave rise to or expanded the use of many innovations which became accepted practice among other parties, including nominating conventions and party newspapers.[55]In addition, the Anti-Masons aided in the rise of the Whig Party as the major alternative to the Democrats, with Anti-Masonic positions on issues including internal improvements and tariffs being adopted by the Whigs.[72]

Second Anti-Masonic Party

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A later political organization called the Anti-Masonic Party was active from 1872 until 1888. This second group had a more religious basis for its anti-Masonry and was closely associated withJonathan BlanchardofWheaton College.[73]

Members of Congress

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Grattan H. Wheeler,Anti-MasoniccongressmanfromNew York

The Anti-Masons did not elect anyone to theSenate,but elected several members of theHouse of Representatives.[74]

Massachusetts
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont

Notable office holders and candidates

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Main page:Category:Anti-Masonic Party politicians
PresidentMillard Fillmore's political career began as an Anti-Masonic member of theNew York State Assemblyin 1829

Electoral history

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Presidential elections

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Election Candidate Running mate Votes Vote % Electoral votes +/- Outcome of election
1832
William Wirt
Amos Ellmaker 		100,715 7.8
7 / 286
 New Lost
1836[a] Not presented
1840[b] Not presented
1880
John W. Phelps
Samuel C. Pomeroy 		1,045 nil
0 / 369
 0 Lost
  1. ^EndorsedWilliam H. Harrisonfor President andFrancis Grangerfor Vice President.
  2. ^Initially endorsed Harrison for President andDaniel Websterfor Vice President, it fully merged into theWhig Partyfollowing the election.

Congressional elections

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  1. ^Office left vacant when Calhoun resigned to become Senator on December 28, 1832.

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  • Vaughn, William Preston (1983)The Antimasonic Party in the United States, 1826–1843.University Press of Kentucky.ISBN0-8131-1474-8,the standard history.
  • Van Deusen, Glyndon G.Thurlow Weed, Wizard of the Lobby(1947)online.
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