Definition of turnbuckle. : a device that usually consists of a link with screw threads at both ends, that is turned to bring the ends closer together, and that is used for tightening a rod or stay.
Such splintering had not yet led to formal party organization, but later the faction led by Andrew Jackson would evolve into the Democratic Party, while the factions led by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay would become the National Republican Party and later the Whig Party.
The Peopleâs Party. In 1891, the Peopleâs Party, also known as the Populist Party, or Populists, was formed as a political party representing the interests of the nationâs agricultural sector. The Farmerâs Alliance was a major part of the Populist coalition.