Civil service reform in the United States was a major issue in the late 19th century at the national level, and in the early 20th century at the state level. Proponents denounced the distribution of g
Carl Schurz, founder of the Liberal Republican Party and prominent advocate of civil service reform.
President Ulysses S. Grant
The Mugwumps were Republicans who refused to support Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine in 1884.
Cartoonist Thomas Nast of Harper's Weekly was a leading Mugwump strongly opposed to Blaine.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1872. Incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, the Republican nominee, handily defeated Democratic-endorsed Liberal Republican nominee
Ulysses S. Grant 1870 1880
Horace Greeley restored
Ulysses S Grant by Brady c 1870 restored
Henry Wilson, VP of the United States