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Half-Breed Republicans (view source)
Revision as of 18:02, December 5, 2021
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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, the brother of General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], expressed similar sentiment, calling Logan "coarse, suspicious, revengeful" yet voicing support for the GOP ticket.<ref name=johnloganbiop.187-88/>
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, the brother of General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], expressed similar sentiment, calling Logan "coarse, suspicious, revengeful" yet voicing support for the GOP ticket.<ref name=johnloganbiop.187-88/>
Not all Half-Breeds supported the ticket; Sen. Edmunds, who believed a true Half-Breed must support civil service reform and thus distrusted Blaine,<ref name=levipmorton/> declined to give the pair any support throughout the campaign.
Stalwart leader Conkling, who by this time retired from political life, still maintained his personal disdain for Blaine to such an extent that even Logan's presence on the ticket did not prompt him to campaign for the pair.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 196.</ref> When asked to bolster Blaine, he bluntly responded:
Stalwart leader Conkling, who by this time retired from political life, still maintained his personal disdain for Blaine to such an extent that even Logan's presence on the ticket did not prompt him to campaign for the pair.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 196.</ref> When asked to bolster Blaine, he bluntly responded: