Independence Party | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | William Randolph Hearst |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Dissolved | 1914 |
| Preceded by | Municipal Ownership League |
| Headquarters | New York City, NY |
| Newspaper | Hearst Newspapers |
| Ideology | Reformism Merit system Progressivism |
| Colors | Bronze (party's medal color) |
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The Independence Party, established as the Independence League, was a short-lived minor American political party sponsored by newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst in 1906. The organization was the successor to the Municipal Ownership League under whose colors Hearst had run for Mayor of New York in 1905.
After its second-place finish in a race for Governor of Massachusetts in 1907, the party set its sights on the Presidency, and held a national convention to nominate a ticket in 1908. The party garnered only 83,000 votes nationally in the 1908 election, however, and immediately dissolved as a national force.
The Independence League of New York continued to nominate candidates for office in New York state until the state election of 1914.
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