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United States presidential election, 1884 (view source)
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The '''1884 election''' saw the [[Republican]] and [[Democratic]] parties every evenly matched. Both parties used "army" style campaigns designed to maximize turnout of their loyal supporters. Few men were independents, but an informal group of "[[Mugwumps]]" emerged to protest the Republican candidate, [[James G. Blaine]].<ref>Summers, Mark Wahlgren. ''Rum, Romanism and Rebellion: The Making of a President, 1884.'' (2000), 326pp; the standard scholarly history [http://www.questia.com/read/104865169?title=Rum%2c%20Romanism%20%26%20Rebellion%3a%20%20The%20Making%20of%20a%20President%2c%201884 online edition]</ref><!-- Although charges were never proven about Blaine, he had an aura of corruption after two decades of high positions in Congress. His Democratic opponent [[Grover Cleveland]] represented honesty and reform, though his political experience was slim.-->
The '''1884 election''' saw the [[Republican]] and [[Democratic]] parties every evenly matched. Both parties used "army" style campaigns designed to maximize turnout of their loyal supporters. Few men were independents, but an informal group of "[[Mugwumps]]" emerged to protest the Republican candidate, [[James G. Blaine]].<ref>Summers, Mark Wahlgren. ''Rum, Romanism and Rebellion: The Making of a President, 1884.'' (2000), 326pp; the standard scholarly history [http://www.questia.com/read/104865169?title=Rum%2c%20Romanism%20%26%20Rebellion%3a%20%20The%20Making%20of%20a%20President%2c%201884 online edition]</ref>
{{Cquote|The purport of my words in the address of Welcome to Hon. J. G. Blane at the Fifth Avenue hotel October 29, 1884, has been wholly misunderstood. I did not intend to cast any reflections on the Roman Catholic church and was speaking of a party and the doings of the democratic party. I am the last person in a promiscuous assemblage to characterize any religious denomination offensively, and believe in the most perfect religious freedom and toleration of all religious options. I desire to emphasize the fact that I alone am responsible for the language and sentiment of the address -''S. D. Burchard, October 31, 1884''}}
<!--Although charges were never proven about Blaine, he had an aura of corruption after two decades of high positions in Congress. His Democratic opponent [[Grover Cleveland]] represented honesty and reform, though his political experience was slim.-->
<!--Republicans discovered a way to counterattack on the reform issue when they found that Cleveland, a bachelor, was paying child support payments to an unwed mother. (Several men could have been the father, but Cleveland accepted responsibility.)-->
<!--Republicans discovered a way to counterattack on the reform issue when they found that Cleveland, a bachelor, was paying child support payments to an unwed mother. (Several men could have been the father, but Cleveland accepted responsibility.)-->