Stalwarts (politics)
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title:
Stalwarts (politics)
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The Stalwarts were a faction of the Republican Party that existed briefly in the United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age during the 1870s and 1880s. Led by U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling—also known as "Lord Roscoe"—Stalwarts were sometimes called Conklingites. Other notable Stalwarts included Benjamin Wade, Charles J. Folger, George C. Gorham, Chester A. Arthur, Thomas C. Platt, and Leonidas C. Houk. The faction favored Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth President of the United States
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Faction of the U.S. Republican Party, 1870s–1880s
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalwarts_(politics)
date created:
2004-02-23T00:25:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T00:15:19Z
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