John Peter Altgeld
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John Peter Altgeld was an American politician and the 20th governor of Illinois, serving from 1893 until 1897. He was the first Democrat to govern that state since the 1850s, and would remain the only
Altgeld Monument by Gutzon Borglum, erected by the Illinois Legislature in Lincoln Park, Chicago (on Labor Day, 1915)
The reverse of Altgeld's grave marker in Graceland Cemetery, Uptown, Chicago
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
John Peter Altgeld
…strike by force. In 1896 he was a leader of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, opposing President Grover Cleveland and the conservative Bourbon Democrats. He was defeated for reelection in 1896 in an intensely fought, bitter campaign. Born in the Duchy of Nassau, Germany, Altgeld grew up on a farm in the…
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)