The 1880 Greenback National Convention met from June 9 to 11 in Chicago to select candidates and write a platform for the Greenback Party in the presidential election. Delegates chose James B. Weaver (pictured) of Iowa for President and Barzillai J. Chambers of Texas for Vice President. The Greenback Party was a response to government policy tightening the money supply and returning to the gold standard. Many felt that issuance of "greenbacks" would improve economic conditions. Weaver, the favorite for the presidential nomination, won on the first ballot; Chambers, one of his defeated rivals, was his running mate. More tumultuous was the fight over the platform, as delegates from disparate factions of the left-wing movement clashed over women's suffrage and Chinese immigration. In the presidential election, the party received only about three percent of the vote, as Republican congressman James A. Garfield of Ohio triumphed. (This article is part of a featured topic: 1880 United States presidential election.).

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1863:

American Civil War: Union and Confederate forces fought the Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry engagement to take place on American soil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brandy_Station

1928:

Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first transpacific flight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsford_Smith

1973:

The racehorse Secretariat, of Meadow Stables (racing colors pictured), won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving the first American Triple Crown victory in a quarter of a century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Belmont_Stakes

1982:

Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force carried out Operation Mole Cricket 19, successfully suppressing Syrian air defenses in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mole_Cricket_19

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

unparished: 1. (Britain, Ireland, Christianity) Not designated as a parish (“an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church”). 2. (England) Of an area: not in a civil parish (“an administrative subdivision of a borough or local government district”), or not having a parish council or town council. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unparished

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I have been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM. I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States, who received far more votes than any sitting President in the History of our Country, and is currently leading, by far, all Candidates, both Democrat and Republican, in Polls of the 2024 Presidential Election. I AM AN INNOCENT MAN!   --Donald Trump https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Trump