In 1869, Liebknecht became a co-founder of the SDAP in Eisenach as a branch of the International Workingmen's Association. Liebknecht was to meet again with his old ADAV colleagues as the lack of support for the ADAV caused them to join forces with Liebknecht's SDAP in 1875. Merger and legacy Together with the SDAP, the ADAV formed the Socialist Workers' Party of Germany at the Socialist Unity Conference in Gotha. The manifesto of the new organization was the Gotha Program, which urged "universal, equal, direct suffrage". In 1890, the party was renamed the Social Democratic Party of Germany and it still exists under this name. The SDP now dates its origins to the founding of the ADAV and celebrated its 150th anniversary in the spring of 2013. Lasallean General German Workers' Association The Lasallean General German Workers' Association (LADAV) was a short-lived splinter party founded by Sophie von Hatzfeldt and Friedrich Wilhelm Emil Försterling in June 1867. Despite success when Försterling gained the Reichstag seat for the Chemnitz Reichstag constituency in the August 1867 election, the party passed out of existence after Försterling resigned his seat in April 1870 and died in 1872. Footnotes Presidents Ferdinand Lassalle (23 May 1863 – 31 August 1864) Otto Dammer (1 September 1864 – 2 November 1864) Bernhard Becker (2 November 1864 – 21 November 1869) Friedrich Wilhelm Fritzsche (21–30 November 1865) Hugo Hillmann (30 November – 31 December 1865) Carl Wilhelm Tölcke (1 January – 18 June 1866 August Perl (18 June 1866 – 19 May 1867) Johann Baptist von Schweitzer (20 May 1867 – 30 June 1871) Fritz Mende (24 June – 4 July 1869) Wilhelm Hasenclever (1 July 1871 – 25 May 1875) Defunct socialist parties in Germany Political parties established in 1863 Social democratic parties in Germany Political parties of the German Empire 1875 disestablishments in Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany Ferdinand Lassalle 1863 establishments in Germany Political parties disestablished in 1875