The more Eastern-oriented faction of the Greenbacks , called the " National Greenback Party , " held its convention in Chicago that June , and Chambers attended along with others from the Pomeroy faction , hoping to heal the party split . The two factions resolved their differences and wrote a joint platform . The Greenbackers also agreed to admit forty-four delegates of the Socialist Labor Party . Dillaye stepped aside to allow the nomination of James B. Weaver of Iowa , a Civil War general and Congressman . Chambers was proposed for Vice President by the reunited party , as was Absolom M. West of Mississippi ; Chambers was victorious on the first ballot , by 403 votes to 311 . West moved that the nomination be made unanimous , which it was
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1880 Greenback National Convention
Barzillai J. Chambers