Bourbon Democrat
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Bourbon Democrat was a term used in the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century to refer to members of the Democratic Party who were ideologically aligned with fiscal conservatis
1884 cartoon illustrating the decline of the "Democrat Bourbonism" (represented as an empty jug) by Joseph Keppler
President Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), a conservative who denounced political corruption and fought hard for lower tariffs and the gold standard, was the exemplar of a Bourbon Democrat
West Virginia Governor Henry Mason Mathews (1834–1884) was the first of the Bourbon Democrats to reach the highest office of state politics
President Grover Cleveland (NY)
Grover Cleveland
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Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first Democrat elected president after the American Civil War
Bourbon Democrat
…conservatism or classical liberalism, especially those who supported presidential candidates Charles O'Conor in 1872; Samuel J. Tilden in 1876; President Grover Cleveland in 1884, 1888, and 1892; and Alton B. Parker in 1904. Bourbon Democrats were promoters of a form of laissez-faire capitalism which included opposition…
Caldwell Presbyterian parsonage, birthplace of Grover Cleveland in Caldwell, New Jersey
Early and undated photograph of Cleveland
A statue of Grover Cleveland outside City Hall in Buffalo, New York