The 1870 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1870, and resulted in a victory for the Liberal Republican nominee, former Senator Benjamin Gratz Brown, over incumbent Republican gove
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Senator Carl Schurz took a leading role in the Liberal faction, using the Missouri race as a platform to criticize allies of President Ulysses S. Grant and eventually, Grant himself.
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Benjamin Gratz Brown was an American politician. He was a U.S. senator, the 20th governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party vice presidential candidate in the presidential e
1870 Missouri gubernatorial election
…The 1870 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1870, and resulted in a victory for the Liberal Republican nominee, former Senator Benjamin Gratz Brown, over incumbent Republican governor Joseph W. McClurg. The election centered on the restoration of political rights for Confederates and Confederate…
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Speech of the Hon. B. Gratz Brown, of St. Louis, on the subject of gradual emancipation in Missouri - delivered in the House of Representatives (Missouri) Feb 12, 1857