Liberal Republican Party (United States)

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The Liberal Republican Party (United States) was a short-lived 19th-century political party formed in opposition to Ulysses S. Grant’s administration, advocating civil service reform, an end to Reconstruction-era military interventions in the South, and a more moderate post–Civil War reconciliation policy.

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instanceOf defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activePeriod early 1870s ⓘ
advocated civil service reform ⓘ
end to Reconstruction-era military intervention in the South ⓘ
moderate post–Civil War reconciliation policy ⓘ
afterDissolution many members returned to Republican Party ⓘ
some members joined Democratic Party ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Liberal Republican Party ⓘ
coalitionWith Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
color none officially established ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1872 ⓘ
electoralBase reform-oriented Republicans in Northern states ⓘ
electoralOutcome1872 lost presidential election to Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
founded 1870 ⓘ
foundedIn Missouri ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. (de facto national center) ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
historicalContext Reconstruction era ⓘ
ideology classical liberalism ⓘ
reformism ⓘ
keyEvent United States presidential election of 1872 ⓘ
legacy contributed to national debate over end of Reconstruction ⓘ
influenced later civil service reform efforts ⓘ
mergedInto Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
nominatedForPresident Horace Greeley ⓘ
nominatedForVicePresident Benjamin Gratz Brown ⓘ
notableLeader Benjamin Gratz Brown ⓘ
Carl Schurz ⓘ
Charles Sumner ⓘ
Horace Greeley ⓘ
Lyman Trumbull ⓘ
opposedBy regular Republican Party ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
opposedTo Ulysses S. Grant administration ⓘ
origin split from Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
politicalPosition center-right ⓘ
positionOnCivilService opposed patronage and spoils system ⓘ
supported merit-based appointments ⓘ
positionOnReconstruction favored amnesty for former Confederates ⓘ
opposed continued federal military occupation of the South ⓘ
reasonForFormation dissatisfaction with corruption in Grant administration ⓘ
opposition to Radical Republican Reconstruction policies ⓘ
stanceOnAfricanAmericanRights accepted basic civil rights but opposed continued federal enforcement by troops ⓘ
supportedBy many reform-minded Republicans ⓘ
supportedPolicy civil liberties for white Southerners ⓘ
lower tariffs ⓘ
reduction of federal government corruption ⓘ
timeInGovernment never controlled presidency ⓘ
never held majority in Congress ⓘ

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Lyman Trumbull → memberOf → Liberal Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
Horace Greeley → politicalParty → Liberal Republican Party ⓘ
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Horace Greeley → nominatedBy → Liberal Republican Party ⓘ
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Liberal Republican Party (United States) → alsoKnownAs → Liberal Republican Party ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Republican Party (United States)
1872 United States presidential election → losingParty → Liberal Republican Party ⓘ
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1872 United States presidential election → partyOfMainOpponent → Liberal Republican Party ⓘ
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George William Curtis → politicalAlignment → Liberal Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
Frank Blair Jr. → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Republican Party ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Republican Party (United States)
Nathaniel P. Banks → partyAffiliation → Liberal Republican Party ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Republican Party (United States)
Benjamin Gratz Brown → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
Carl Schurz → politicalParty → Liberal Republican Party ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Republican Party (United States)
George S. Boutwell → politicalParty → Liberal Republican Party ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Republican Party (United States)