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The Farmer-Labor Party was a pro-worker populist party that was formed in the aftermath of World War I in 1918. While there were many Farmer-Labor party groups throughout the US in the early 1920s, only the Farmer-Labor party of Minnesota ever elected any members of congress. The party platform was very economically left-wing, calling for the institution of social security, farmer and union protection, and more public ownership of industry. While the national Farmer-Labor party became severely weakened throughout the 1920s and dissolved in 1936, the Minnesota branch dominated state politics during the great depression. In 1944, with the work of Minnesota Democrat and later Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the Minnesota Farmer-Labor party merged with the Minnesota Democratic Party, forming the modern Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party. Even today, the Minnesota wing of the Democratic Party remains merged with the Farmer-Labor party as the Minnesota DFL.