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Black suffrage was an intensely debated issue in Ohio, and despite adamant efforts from loyal Republicans, a referenda in support of such failed to pass in the state due to [[Republican in name only|a small faction of nominal Republicans]] siding with Democrats against it.<ref name=fonerp.222-23/>
Black suffrage was an intensely debated issue in Ohio, and despite adamant efforts from loyal Republicans, a referenda in support of such failed to pass in the state due to [[Republican in name only|a small faction of nominal Republicans]] siding with Democrats against it.<ref name=fonerp.222-23/>
==Liberal Republican Party==
By 1872, Cox and like-minded supporters of civil service reform deeply resented the corruption surrounding the Grant Administration, which fiercely worked to safeguard the constitutional rights of Southern blacks against [[Ku Klux Klan]] violence. He supported leftist [[Horace Greeley]] joined the Liberal Republican Party,<ref>[https://resources.ohiohistory.org/onlinedoc/ohgovernment/governors/coxjacob.html Jacob D. Cox]. ''Ohio Historical Society''. Retrieved December 20, 2021.</ref> which emphasized civil service reform, less protective [[tariff]]s, and [[states' rights]].
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