Liberal Party (United States) (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

The Liberal Party is one of the two biggest political parties in the United States of America, the other being the Progressive Party. The Liberal Party was founded in 1874 by anti-Grant Republicans and the Northern Democrats that left after the War of Southern Secession.

The party's platform is generally based upon American conservatism, in contrast to the Progressive Party, whose members endorse more liberal policies. Historically, the party has favored farmers, laborers, labor unions, and religious and ethnic minorities; it has opposed unregulated business and finance, and favored progressive income taxes. The party shifted toward right after most of liberals switched to the Progressives in 1920s and strengthened that position during the Kennedy administration in 1950s.