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==Origins of the term==

==Origins of the term==

The term was first used as a pun to refer both to bourbon whiskey from Kentucky and even more to the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon Dynasty]] of France that was overthrown in the French Revolution, but returned to power in 1815 to rule in a reactionary fashion.

The term was first used as a pun to refer both to bourbon whiskey from Kentucky and even more to the Bourbon Dynasty of France that was overthrown in the French Revolution, but returned to power in 1815 to rule in a reactionary fashion.

The term was occasionally used in the [[1860s]] and [[1870s]] to refer to conservative Democrats (both North and South), and in the 1870s to refer to the regimes set up in the South by [[Redeemers]] as a reaction against [[Reconstruction]].

The term was occasionally used in the 1860s and 1870s to refer to conservative Democrats (both North and South), and in the 1870s to refer to the regimes set up in the South by [[Redeemers]] as a reaction against [[Reconstruction]].

==Bibliography==

==Bibliography==