People's Party (Indiana)
People's Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Henry S. Lane Oliver P. Morton |
| Founded | 1854 |
| Dissolved | 1860 |
| Preceded by | Whig Party Democratic Party (anti-extension faction) Know Nothing-influenced elements |
| Merged into | Republican Party |
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Ideology | Anti-Kansas-Nebraska Act Populism Conservatism |
| House of Representatives (1855) | 9 / 234 (peak) |
The Indiana People's Party was a short-lived American political party in the state of Indiana. It participated in the United States House of Representatives election of 1854, and continued to function until 1860, when it merged into the Republican Party. The party attracted former Democrats and Whigs who were opposed to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which extended slavery in the United States.