Mugwumps
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mugwumps-216-4395721
title:
Mugwumps
text:
The Mugwumps were Republican political activists in the United States who were intensely opposed to political corruption. They were never formally organized. They famously switched parties from the Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the 1884 United States presidential election. They switched because they rejected the long history of corruption associated with Republican candidate James G. Blaine. In a close election, the Mugwumps claimed they made the differe
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Dissident Republican activists in 1884
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugwumps
date created:
2003-12-18T00:53:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T23:42:42Z
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