Antedating of "Populism"

[Fred Shapiro]

populism (OED 1893)

1892 _St. Paul Daily News_ 22 Oct. 3/2 (19th Century U.S. Newspapers)  Two
great apostles of Populism, Gen. J. B. Weaver of Des Moines and Mrs. Mary
Lease of Wichita arrived from the South this morning and stopped at the
Ryan on their way North.

Fred Shapiro


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