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Huey Long attempted to start a party in 1936 - the Union Party. The ticket in 1936 ran William Lemke for President, though he didn't get far.

Could a progressive party have formed in the 1930s?

I'm thinking the Nonpartisan League of North Dakota, Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party, Wisconsin Progressives, and Huey Long's Louisiana Machine all come together to form a single Southern-Midwestern Progressive entity.

William Borah, Robert LaFollette, Burton K Wheeler, Floyd B Olson, and William Lemke seem like folks who could come along for the ride.
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