Peter Cooper, was the presidential nominee
Peter Cooper, was the presidential nominee of the Greenback Party in 1876. He was a wealthy industrialist, mechanical engineer, and philanthropist. He opposed the gold standard and the debt-based monetary system of bank currency, advocating government-issued bank fiat currency. Coopers also supported the formation of the Board of Indian Commissioners, which oversaw Ulysses S. Grants Peace Policy
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