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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 expressed similar sentiment, calling Logan "coarse, suspicious, revengeful" yet voicing support for the GOP ticket.

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 expressed similar sentiment, calling Logan "coarse, suspicious, revengeful" yet voicing support for the GOP ticket.

In the general election, the Blaine/Logan ticket lost to Cleveland, particularly failing to carry the state of New York due to a Protestant minister associated with Blaine who attacked the Democrats as the party of "rum, Romanism, and rebellion."<ref>McNamara, Robert (July 3, 2019). [https://www.thoughtco.com/the-election-of-1884-1773938 The Scandalous Election of 1884]. ''ThoughtCo''. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref><ref group=note>Rum was a reference to saloon keepers, "Romanism" meant Catholicism, and "rebellion" referring to the Confederacy.</ref> The remark was seized by Democrats, who riled up Irish Catholics and turn out against the Republicans. Following the results, Grand Army of the Republic leader Mortimer D. Leggett stated:<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 195.</ref>

In the general election, the Blaine/Logan ticket lost to Cleveland, particularly failing to carry the state of New York due to a Protestant minister associated with Blaine who attacked the Democrats as the party of "rum, Romanism, and rebellion."<ref>McNamara, Robert (July 3, 2019). [https://www.thoughtco.com/the-election-of-1884-1773938 The Scandalous Election of 1884]. ''ThoughtCo''. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref><ref group=note>Rum was a reference to saloon keepers, "Romanism" meant Catholicism, and "rebellion" referring to the Confederacy.</ref> The remark was seized by Democrats, who riled up Irish Catholics and turn out against the Republicans. Following the results, Grand Army of the Republic leader Mortimer D. Leggett stated:<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 195.</ref>