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Half-Breed Republicans (view source)
Revision as of 17:49, November 28, 2021
, 17:49, November 28, 2021→1884: Half-Breeds and Stalwarts feud with Mugwumps
Due to both Blaine and Logan having a record of favoring the spoils system over civil service reform, "reformers" in the [[Mugwump]] faction such as cartoonist [[Thomas Nast]] of ''Harper's Weekly'' opposed the party ticket and instead supported the [[Bourbon Democrat]] nominee, [[Grover Cleveland]]. Former Liberal Republican Party figure [[Lyman Trumbull]], who voted against convicting Andrew Johnson, denounced the Blaine/Logan ticket and stated that their potential victory would lead to "partisanship, abuses, and corruption."<ref name=johnloganbiop.186/>
Due to both Blaine and Logan having a record of favoring the spoils system over civil service reform, "reformers" in the [[Mugwump]] faction such as cartoonist [[Thomas Nast]] of ''Harper's Weekly'' opposed the party ticket and instead supported the [[Bourbon Democrat]] nominee, [[Grover Cleveland]]. Former Liberal Republican Party figure [[Lyman Trumbull]], who voted against convicting Andrew Johnson, denounced the Blaine/Logan ticket and stated that their potential victory would lead to "partisanship, abuses, and corruption."<ref name=johnloganbiop.186/>
Logan's presence on the party ticket helped draw enthusiastic support from blacks due to his record of staunchly advocating for civil rights.<ref name=johnloganbiop.187-88>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 187–88.</ref> This included the backing of abolitionist and renowned black leader [[Frederick Douglass]].
Logan's presence on the party ticket helped draw enthusiastic support from blacks due to his record of staunchly advocating for civil rights.<ref name=johnloganbiop.187-88>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 187–88.</ref> This included the backing of abolitionist and renowned black leader [[Frederick Douglass]]. Most Half-Breeds were skeptical of Logan, though supported the ticket out of party unity; this included Rutherford Hayes, who called the nomination a "blunder and misfortune" though viewed a Democrat victory as a "serious calamity."<ref name=johnloganbiop.187-88/> Half-Breed John Sherman expressed similar sentiment, calling Logan "coarse, suspicious, revengeful" yet voicing support for the GOP ticket.
==See also==
==See also==