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Watson, Thomas E., House

Thomson, Georgia
County of McDuffie.
National Register Number: 76002144
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2002.
Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - May 11, 1976):
Watson was a principal founder of the Populist Party and first to urge a United front between white and black farmers. He ran as the Vice Presidential candidate on the Populist Ticket in 1896. His support for agrarian interests gave him a considerable following among Southern rural Whites. This was his home from 1905 until his death in 1922.


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