greenbacks

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In Maine the greenbackers elected 32 members of the upper house and 151 members of the lower house and one Congressman, Thompson Murch of Rochland, who was secretary of the National Granite Cutters' Union.

From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Perlman, Selig

I had a very friendly acquaintance with Peter Cooper, for whom I had the highest respect, but he had fallen into the general ideas of the greenbackers.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John

Single taxers, greenbackers, labor leaders, grangers, and socialists were agreed only in condemning existing public policy.

From The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics by Ford, Henry Jones

The old greenbackers came out of their temporary retirement, and helped Bradley's cause simply because he was young and a dissenter.

From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Garland, Hamlin

A large majority of this committee had reported a bill to repeal the resumption act, and the members of the committee of each party were among the most pronounced greenbackers in the House of Representatives.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John