Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.

Anti-Masonic Party

1820s–1830s American political party

The Anti-Masonic Party was the earliest third party in the United States. Formally a single-issue party, it strongly opposed Freemasonry 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…