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Stalwart Republicans (view source)
Revision as of 20:59, November 21, 2022
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However, not all Stalwarts were necessarily conservative. Benjamin Butler's alliance with the faction was attributed to his staunch pro-civil rights and pro-spoils system stance, though sharply differed with the likes of Conkling on economics, where he increasingly became liberal in his support for [[greenbacks]]. John A. Logan, an Illinois Stalwart, wavered on monetary policy and staunchly supported lower tariffs.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 27.</ref>
However, not all Stalwarts were necessarily conservative. Benjamin Butler's alliance with the faction was attributed to his staunch pro-civil rights and pro-spoils system stance, though sharply differed with the likes of Conkling on economics, where he increasingly became liberal in his support for [[greenbacks]]. John A. Logan, an Illinois Stalwart, wavered on monetary policy and staunchly supported lower tariffs.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 27.</ref>
According to William G. Eidson in "Who Were the Stalwarts?", the faction were consistently supportive of soft money as opposed to sound money. However, his tracking methodology cherry-picks mostly western Republicans into his grouping method of senators while excluding eastern machine politicians including Roscoe Conkling, who he argues was not a Stalwart leader until 1879 despite leading the opposition towards Hayes during the latter's early presidency.
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