<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> People's Party </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Leader </Th> <Td> James B. Weaver William Jennings Bryan Thomas E. Watson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Founded </Th> <Td> 1891 (1891) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissolved </Th> <Td> 1908 (1908) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Farmers' Alliance Greenback Party Union Labor Party </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Merged into </Th> <Td> Democratic Party </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ideology </Th> <Td> Agrarianism Bimetallism Populism </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Political position </Th> <Td> Left - wing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Politics of United States </Li> <Li> Political parties </Li> <Li> Elections </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> People's Party </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Leader </Th> <Td> James B. Weaver William Jennings Bryan Thomas E. Watson </Td> </Tr>

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