[1][2] It formed part of the New Deal coalition and worked closely with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who provided the federal patronage.
In 1854, anti-slavery parties were forming in many northern states in opposition to the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854.
[5] A total of 56 Fusion Party representatives were elected to the state legislature during its brief existence.
[7] South Dakota Governor Andrew E. Lee was also an elected to his second term as a Fusionist.
[8] In the very early 20th century, a coalition of Nevada Democrats and Silverites called themselves the Fusion Party upon the insistence of Francis G. Newlands, who wanted to emphasize the need for fusion between the two groups if he wanted to hope for victory in the 1902 election.