Non-Partisan League

The Non-Partisan League (NPL) was a political organization that was founded in 1915 in the United States by former Socialist party leader A. C. Townley, which adopted as its platform most of the immediate demands put forward by the Socialists. It advocated state control of mills, grain elevators, banks and other farm-related industries. It originated in North Dakota, but eventually spread throughout the American Midwest and Pacific Northwest during the progressive era and was briefly organized as a national party. It also spread northwards into Canada running in provincial elections and forming some of the basis for the Progressive Party of Canada. The NPL had its greatest success in North Dakota, where the party won control of the state legislature and elected Lynn Frazier as governor leading to the establishment of state-run agricultural enterprises and the Bank of North Dakota. It eventually went into decline, and merged with the Democratic Party of North Dakota in 1956.

See also

• United Farmers
• Progressive Party of Canada
• North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party

External links

• North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party Website
• North Dakota State University Institute for Regional Studies Nonpartisan League Collection

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