Talk:Liberal Republican Party (United States)

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loss of liberals in the GOP?

Yes, this might explain why from here on out Republicans became more conservative.

GOP was already conservative. It started as a coalition

[edit] Many civil war leaders?

Like who? They ran AGAINST Grant. If anything the civil war leaders were in the regular GOP like Grant himself

[edit] Local Liberal Republican candidates in 1872

Just for clarity's sake: the Liberal Republican Party did have local candidates. I agree that there were not very many LR candidates on the ballot, to be sure.

In 1870, Liberal Republican candidates appeared on the ballot as a third option against the Republican and Democratic nominees in Missouri and New York state (see Michael J. Dubin, United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, pp. 218-219).

In 1872, it appears that the local Democrats and Liberal Republicans worked out arrangements where they would share the responsibility of offering the anti-Republican candidates. There were a few exceptions in which the D and LR parties ran opposing candidates. Here are some examples:

--Arkansas: the At Large candidate for US House was William J. Hynes (LR), but all district candidates were (D).

--Louisiana: In the 3d Congressional District, the three candidates were Chester B. Darrall (R), J.B. Price (D and Reform), and Elbert Gantt (LR).

--Ohio: nine of the twenty non-Republican candidates for the U.S. House were Liberal Republicans running with the Democratic endorsement.

--Texas: in CD-01, the three candidates for US House were William S. Herndon (D), Robert K. Smith (R), and William Chambers (LR).

Admittedly, all of this information comes from Michael Dubin. I have found a number of errors with his information, which I have documented at www.ourcampaigns.com. However, his information is about 99+% accurate. Chronicler3 19:35, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Also I posted an overview of the Liberal Republican Party at OC two months ago, which gives more detail on party activities: http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58521 Chronicler3 13:59, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I am struck by this article's omission of John Sproat's The Best Men and Michael Perman's The Road to Redemption. Both of these titles reference Liberal Republicanism and its consequences at great length. Perhaps some discussion of the nineteenth-century concept of liberalism is also in order here. Rather than the modern liberal belief in an activist and redistributionist state, the classical liberals of the earlier period favored fiscal retrenchment, a dimunition of government services that they equated with spoilsmen, and free trade policies. Without clearly explicating these differences, some contemporary readers might come away confused at what is meant by "Liberal Republican." 72.165.161.139 21:35, 18 February 2007 (UTC)SPN

[edit] Grant won in a landslide...

Grant decisively defeated Horace Greely in the general election. However, I read somewhere that Grant's opponent Horace Greely died after the general election, and that all of his electors ended up casting their votes for Grant, which is why Grant received all 286 electoral votes. This is why his landslide victory appears misleading. I would edit it, but I don't have a good, credible citation. If someeone could find a link that would be appreciated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gwjones2 (talk • contribs) 04:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC).

yes Greeley died right after the election but his electors did NOT vote for Grant (they voted for various other people). Rjensen 04:40, 19 March 2007 (UTC)