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Locofoco
Locofoco Lo`co*fo"co, n. [Of uncertain etymol.; perh. for L.
loco foci instead of fire; or, according to Bartlett, it was
called so from a self-lighting cigar, with a match
composition at the end, invented in 1834 by John Marck of New
York, and called by him locofoco cigar, in imitation of the
word locomotive, which by the uneducated was supposed to
mean, self-moving.]
1. A friction match. [U.S.]
2. A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic
party. [U.S.]
Note: The name was first applied, in 1834, to a portion of
the Democratic party, because, at a meeting in Tammany
Hall, New York, in which there was great diversity of
sentiment, the chairman left his seat, and the lights
were extinguished, for the purpose of dissolving the
meeting; when those who were opposed to an adjournment
produced locofoco matches, rekindled the lights,
continued the meeting, and accomplished their object.
Meaning of Locofocos from wikipedia
- by
turning off the gaslights. The
Locofocos were
involved in the
Flour Riot of 1837. In
February 1837, the
Locofocos held a m****
meeting in City Hall Park...
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Lodges drew on the
American members of the
radical Equal Rights Party (or "
Locofocos"). This
organization launched the "Patriot War",
which was suppressed...
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spokesman amongst laissez-faire
advocates was
William Leggett of the
Locofocos in New York City.
Opposition to
banking – In particular, the Jacksonians...
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Democratic Party 1816 1828
Working Men's
Party New York
Owenism Merged into:
Locofoco faction of the
Democratic Party 1829 1831 Anti-Mormon
Party Illinois 1841...
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limited liability and
eminent domain for
building railroads. The
radical "
locofoco" wing of his
party represented farmers and
other rural voters, who sought...
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abolitionist parties, workers'
parties like the Workingmen's Party, the
Locofocos (who
opposed monopolies), and ****orted
nativist parties who denounced...
- Party, a women's
rights party that had two
presidential candidates The
Locofocos,
active during the 1830s and 1840s The Anti-Rent
party active during the...
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belonged to the
small Equal Rights Party (known more po****rly as the
Locofocos). The
small party emerged in 1836 in New York with a
platform emphasizing...
- City elections. The
party was the progenitor, to some extent, of the
Locofocos.
Working Men's
Party (Philadelphia) Byrdsall,
Fitzwilliam (1842). The...
- war with
Mexico and
opposed anti-immigrant nativism. In the 1830s, the
Locofocos in New York City were
radically democratic, anti-monopoly and were proponents...
