North Dakota Nonpartisan League | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Arthur C. Townley |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Dissolved | 1956 |
| Preceded by | Socialist Party of North Dakota |
| Succeeded by | North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party |
| Headquarters | Patterson Hotel, Bismarck |
| Ideology | Left-wing populism Democratic socialism Labourism Agrarianism Localism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Socialist Party of America |
The Nonpartisan League (NPL) was a left-wing political party founded in 1915 in North Dakota by Arthur C. Townley, a former organizer for the Socialist Party of America. On behalf of small farmers and merchants, the Nonpartisan League advocated state control of mills, grain elevators, banks, and other farm-related industries in order to reduce the power of corporate and political interests from Minneapolis and Chicago.[1]
The League adopted the goat as a mascot; it was known as "The Goat that Can't be Got".[2]