Ideologies / Longist / Tom Watson
§ The minds · 1856–1922 · United States · Senator & Populist
Tom Watson
The Populist firebrand
Agrarian revolt, then reaction.
Economic−52
SocialistMarket
Governance+46
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−48
TraditionalProgressive
The Georgia Populist whose agrarian revolt against banks and railroads electrified the 1890s — a redistributive mass movement whose later turn to bigotry shows populism's dangerous arc.
social
Began biracial, curdled into hard nativist traditionalism.
economic
Championed farmers and the sub-treasury plan against banks and railroads.
governance
Mass-movement populist who concentrated a fierce personal following.
Notable for
- Led Southern Populism
- The People's Party VP nominee
- Sub-treasury farm plan
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