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Ultimately, Eisenhower won the Republican nomination in part due to a maneuver by [[New York]] lawyer [[Herbert Brownell]],<ref>[https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/finding-aids/pdf/brownell-herbert-papers.pdf BROWNELL, HERBERT JR.:  Papers, 1877-1988]. ''Eisenhower Presidential Library''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref> who would later prove instrumental in landmark desegregation efforts. In the general election, Eisenhower defeated [[Illinois]] liberal Democrat [[Adlai Stevenson|Adlai E. Stevenson, II]] by a landslide for the presidency.

Ultimately, Eisenhower won the Republican nomination in part due to a maneuver by [[New York]] lawyer [[Herbert Brownell]],<ref>[https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/finding-aids/pdf/brownell-herbert-papers.pdf BROWNELL, HERBERT JR.:  Papers, 1877-1988]. ''Eisenhower Presidential Library''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref> who would later prove instrumental in landmark desegregation efforts. In the general election, Eisenhower defeated [[Illinois]] liberal Democrat [[Adlai Stevenson|Adlai E. Stevenson, II]] by a landslide for the presidency.

During the Eisenhower presidency, the isolationism of many Old Right Republicans began to wane. One instance was on the issue of foreign aid, where Indiana congressman Charles Halleck had been willing to compromise and vote for.<ref>Fascinating Politics (April 14, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/04/14/earl-landgrebe-nixons-last-republican-defender/ Earl Landgrebe: Nixon’s Last Republican Defender]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref> Homer E. Capehart, a Republican U.S. senator from the state, similarly had been an isolationist initially though inclined to support the Eisenhower Administration's foreign policy frequently.<ref>Cook, Joan (September 5, 1979). [https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/05/archives/homer-e-capehart-is-dead-at-82-was-3term-senator-from-indiana.html Homer E. Capehart Is Dead at 82; Was 3‐Term Senator From Indiana]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/homer-e-capehart-papers-1938-1962.pdf HOMER E. CAPEHART PAPERS, 1938–1962]. ''Indiana Historical Society''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref>

During the Eisenhower presidency, the isolationism of many Old Right Republicans began to wane. One instance was on the issue of foreign aid, where Indiana congressman Charles Halleck had been willing to compromise and vote for.<ref>Fascinating Politics (April 14, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/04/14/earl-landgrebe-nixons-last-republican-defender/ Earl Landgrebe: Nixon’s Last Republican Defender]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref> [[Homer E. Capehart]], a Republican U.S. senator from the state, similarly had been an isolationist initially though inclined to support the Eisenhower Administration's foreign policy frequently.<ref>Cook, Joan (September 5, 1979). [https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/05/archives/homer-e-capehart-is-dead-at-82-was-3term-senator-from-indiana.html Homer E. Capehart Is Dead at 82; Was 3‐Term Senator From Indiana]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/homer-e-capehart-papers-1938-1962.pdf HOMER E. CAPEHART PAPERS, 1938–1962]. ''Indiana Historical Society''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref>

===1960s: rise of Goldwater and New Right, evaporation of the Old Right===

===1960s: rise of Goldwater and New Right, evaporation of the Old Right===