Who's On Third?

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Who’s On Third?

While the Democratic and Republican parties seem to be the undisputed powerhouses of the American political system, in fact alternatives to these two major political parties have emerged in many presidential elections throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This puzzle, which asks you to match the third party candidate with the party he (or it!) represented, can be a fun starting point for further exploration of third parties in American political history.

Match the Third Party Candidate with His Party

The Candidates

Black-and-white engraved portrait of an elderly man with short white hair, a receding hairline, and a solemn expression, shown from the shoulders up. Black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit and tie with short, neatly combed hair, looking slightly off-camera.

1. Eugene Debs 2. George Wallace 3. Henry Wallace 4. Martin Van Buren

Engraved portrait of an older man with a long beard and receding hairline, wearing a high collar and jacket. Black-and-white close-up portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, a mustached man wearing round wire-frame glasses and a dark suit. Pencil sketch of a pig's face, drawn in close-up with visible snout, small eyes, and shading that gives it a soft, textured look.

5. Peter Cooper 6. Theodore Roosevelt 7. Pigasus

Parties

A. Socialist Party
B. Greenback Party

C. Progressive Party

D. Free Soil Party

E. Youth International Party

F. Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
G. American Independent Party
H. Peace and Freedom Party

I. America First Party

J. Union Labor Party

K. Anti-Masonic Party

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