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LTC Stephen F.
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Thanks Maj Marty Hogan for letting us know that March 31 is the anniversary of the birth of Democrat American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire John Parker Hale helped establish the anti-slavery Free Soil Party and eventually joined the Republican Party and served as Ambassador to Spain after being appointed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
Rest in eternal peace John P. Hale!

Free Soil Party
The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections, and in some state elections Founded in Buffalo, New York, it was a third party and a single-issue party that largely appealed to and drew its greatest strength from New York State The party leadership consisted of anti-slavery former members of the Whig Party and the Democratic Party Its main purpose was to oppose the expansion of slavery into the western territories, arguing that free men on free soil comprised a morally and economically superior system to slavery It opposed slavery in the new territories agreeing with the Wilmot Proviso and sometimes worked to remove existing laws that discriminated against freed African Americans in states such as Ohio It nominated Martin Van Buren for the presidency in 1848 and John P Hale for the presidency in 1852
The party membership was largely absorbed by the Republican Party between 1854 and 1856, by way of the Anti-Nebraska movement
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SSG David Andrews
SSG David Andrews
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Thanks for the mention LTC Stephen Ford.
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LTC Stephen F.
LTC Stephen F.
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You are very welcome SSG David Andrews
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Great add share especially about the free soil party. People forget we had other parties and how they fit innto our history.
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LTC Stephen F.
LTC Stephen F.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown - I am glad you enjoyed the background on The Soil Party
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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Maj Marty Hogan thanks for the read/share, well received and much appreciated.
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Alan K.
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Hale Homestead right down the street...
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