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Nonpartisan League

This article is about the former North Dakota political party. For the former Alberta political party, see Alberta Non-Partisan League. For other uses, see Nonpartisan.
North Dakota Nonpartisan League
LeaderArthur C. Townley
Founded1915 (1915)
Dissolved1956 (1956)
Preceded bySocialist Party of North Dakota
Succeeded byNorth Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party
HeadquartersPatterson Hotel, Bismarck
IdeologyLeft-wing populism
Democratic socialism
Labourism
Agrarianism
Localism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationSocialist Party of America

The Nonpartisan League (NPL) was a left-wing political party founded in 1915 in North Dakota by Arthur C. Townley, a former organizer for the Socialist Party of America. On behalf of small farmers and merchants, the Nonpartisan League advocated state control of mills, grain elevators, banks, and other farm-related industries in order to reduce the power of corporate and political interests from Minneapolis and Chicago.[1]

The League adopted the goat as a mascot; it was known as "The Goat that Can't be Got".[2]

  1. ^ Goldstein, Robert Justin (2001). Political Repression in Modern America. University of Illinois Press. p. 99. ISBN 0-252-06964-1.
  2. ^ Vogel, Robert (2004). Unequal Contest: Bill Langer and His Political Enemies. Crain Grosinger Publishing. p. 2. ISBN 0-9720054-3-9.

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