Bourbon Triumvirate
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The Bourbon Triumvirate was a group of three powerful and influential Georgia politicians, all members of the Democratic Party, in the post-Reconstruction Era: Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and
Alfred H. Colquitt
John Brown Gordon
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
Bourbon Triumvirate
…Bourbon" refers to rulers who are unable to adapt to new situations and who espouse ideas suited for former eras. In the late 1800s, it was applied to Bourbon Democrats who tried to reverse some of the effects of the Reconstruction Era. The term triumvirate refers to a group of three individuals who exercise political…
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)