Mugwumps
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The Mugwumps were Republican political activists in the United States who were intensely opposed to political corruption. They famously switched parties from the Republican Party by supporting the Dem
1884 cartoon by Bernhard Gillam in Puck magazine which ridicules James G. Blaine as the man tattooed with many indelible scandals. A parody of Phryne Before the Areopagus, an 1861 painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme.
Many editors supported the cause, such as E.L. Godkin
A "bogus" cremation for the benefit of the "life-long Democrats" 1885 cartoon by Joseph Keppler from Puck magazine
Half-Breeds (politics)
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The "Half-Breeds" were a political faction of the United States Republican Party in the late 19th century.
John Sherman, member of the Moderate Republicans who would join the congressional Half-Breeds
George Frisbie Hoar, leading member of the Half-Breed ranks from Massachusetts
William M. Evarts, a Half-Breed involved in the Compromise of 1877
Senator James G. Blaine, a convert into the Half-Breeds