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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]] for president in joining 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, [[states' rights]], and opposition to President Grant's policies.

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]] for president in joining 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, [[states' rights]], and opposition to President Grant's policies.

After Greeley, who Democrats also nominated, was easily defeated by Grant, the Liberal Republican Party disbanded soon afterwards. The civil service reform advocacy held by Liberal Republicans would be passed on later in the Hayes presidency to the congressional [[Half-Breed]] faction, which were more moderate on the issue.

After Greeley, who Democrats also nominated, was easily defeated by Grant, the Liberal Republican Party disbanded soon afterwards. The civil service reform advocacy held by Liberal Republicans would be passed on later in the Hayes presidency to the moderate [[Half-Breed]] faction of the GOP, who were more moderate on the issue.

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