*[[Half-Breed Republicans]], the leading reformist faction of the [[Republican Party]] during the [[Gilded Age]] whose name was applied in an overtly negative connotation by their comparably pro-civil rights rival faction, the pro–political machine "old guard" [[Stalwart Republicans]], to insinuate that they were only "half Republican." | *[[Half-Breed Republicans]], the leading reformist faction of the [[Republican Party]] during the [[Gilded Age]] whose name was applied in an overtly negative connotation by their comparably pro-civil rights rival faction, the pro–political machine "old guard" [[Stalwart Republicans]], to insinuate that they were only "half Republican." |