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Half-Breed Republicans (view source)
Revision as of 20:57, November 20, 2021
, 20:57, November 20, 2021→Timeline
Any remaining hopes of a party renomination for Hayes in the [[United States presidential election, 1880|1880 presidential election]] depended on support from potential Half-Breed allies. With this needed bolstering evaporating, he faced no chance of becoming the Republican nominee for the race.<ref name=ucf/> Half-Breeds instead turned their sights to Blaine.<ref name=npsbasicinfo/>
Any remaining hopes of a party renomination for Hayes in the [[United States presidential election, 1880|1880 presidential election]] depended on support from potential Half-Breed allies. With this needed bolstering evaporating, he faced no chance of becoming the Republican nominee for the race.<ref name=ucf/> Half-Breeds instead turned their sights to Blaine.<ref name=npsbasicinfo/>
===1880 Republican factionalism: Grant vs. Blaine===
In the 1880 presidential election, Stalwarts led by Conkling who previously were steadfast allies of President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] as Radical Republicans pushed Grant to run for an unprecedented, non-consecutive third term.<ref name=roscoeconklingbio1/> Half-Breeds pushed heavily for nominating Blaine, and both factions were uniformly prioritized in their contempt for the other side, refusing to allow either candidate to be the nominee.<ref name=levipmorton/>
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