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Half-Breed Republicans (view source)
Revision as of 17:58, November 28, 2021
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The early Half-Breed leaders were [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and [[George Frisbie Hoar]], and other members included [[James A. Garfield]] as well as [[William H. Robertson]]. Hoar was among the earliest members of the faction, and his membership was attributed to his sharp disdain towards corruption, evident in his stated reasoning when advocating for impeaching Grant Administration [[Secretary of War]] William W. Belknap.<ref>''George Frisbie Hoar and the Half-Breed Republicans'', pp. 53–54.</ref>
The early Half-Breed leaders were [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and [[George Frisbie Hoar]], and other members included [[James A. Garfield]] as well as [[William H. Robertson]]. Hoar was among the earliest members of the faction, and his membership was attributed to his sharp disdain towards corruption, evident in his stated reasoning when advocating for impeaching Grant Administration [[Secretary of War]] William W. Belknap.<ref>''George Frisbie Hoar and the Half-Breed Republicans'', pp. 53–54.</ref>
==Background==
During the American Civil War, President [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s policies pertaining to the Union Army were criticized by Radical Republicans as too lenient against the South. This powerful GOP bloc which included [[H. Winter Davis]], [[Benjamin Wade]], [[Thaddeus Stevens]], and [[Charles Sumner]] continuously criticized Lincoln for failing to advance as efficiently as possible, and the president's more staunch supporters were the "moderate" Republicans.
The "moderate" Republicans Lincoln led were at odds with the Radicals and favored more reconciliatory Reconstruction policies. Their ranks would later be joined during the Johnson presidency by some former Radical Republicans who were "reformers," including Sumner, [[Horace Greeley]], and [[Lyman Trumbull]].
==Ideology and leadership==
==Ideology and leadership==