Radical Democracy Party (United States)

Radical Democracy Party
Founded	May 1864
Dissolved	September 1864
Split from	Republican Party War Democrats[1]
Preceded by	Radical faction of the Republican Party
Merged into	National Union Party Republican Party War Democrats
Succeeded by	Radical faction of the Republican Party
Newspaper	New Nation
Ideology	Abolitionism Unconditional Unionism Hardline Reconstructionism Radicalism Pro-civil liberties Pro-political reform
Political position	Big tent
Politics of United States Political parties Elections

The Radical Democracy Party was an abolitionist and anti-Confederate political party in the United States. The party was formed to contest the 1864 presidential election and it was made up largely of disaffected Radical Republicans who felt that President Abraham Lincoln was too moderate on the issues of slavery and racial equality. John C. Frémont was nominated as the party's presidential candidate, with John Cochrane as his running mate. However, their campaign failed to gain momentum and, not wanting to act as a spoiler against Lincoln, they withdrew from the race in September.