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Who was the Anti-Masonic Party’s presidential candidate in 1832?
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The Anti-Masonic Party's presidential candidate in 1832 was William Wirt. Wirt, a former U.S. attorney general, was nominated at the party's national convention in Baltimore in September 1831. The Anti-Masonic Party was the first American third party and the first to hold a national nominating convention. Wirt won only the state of Vermont in the 1832 election.12