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'''Stalwart''' was a term used to describe the [[conservative]] wing of the [[Republican Party]] from 1877-1894 that opposed [[civil service system|civil service]] reform and favored the traditional method of the [[spoils system]] instead. They were led by [[Senator]] [[Roscoe Conkling]] of [[New York]] and supported [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and were successors of the [[Radical Republicans]] who strongly opposed slavery.

'''Stalwart''' was a term used to describe the post-[[Recontruction]] [[conservative]] wing of the [[Republican Party]] from 1877-1894 that stood firmly for equal rights for [[African American]]s and opposed [[Jim Crow]] and the [[Ku Klux Klan]].  They opposed the Jim Crow Democrats' efforts to rebuild the [[Democratoc party]] in the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] era with a [[civil service system]] that discriminated against [[Black]]s and they favored the traditional [[spoils system]] instead. They were led by [[Senator]] [[Roscoe Conkling]] of [[New York]] and supported [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and were successors of the [[Radical Republicans]] who strongly opposed slavery.

 

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Half-Breeds]]

*[[Half-Breeds]]

[[Category:Republican Party]]

[[Category:Republican Party]]