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George Clinton (July 26, 1739 – April 20, 1812) [a] was an American soldier, statesman, and a prominent Democratic-Republican in the formative years of the United States of America. Clinton served as the fourth vice president of the United States from 1805 until his death in 1812.
Although there is no canonical list of anti-federalist authors, major authors include Cato (likely George Clinton), Brutus (likely either Melancton Smith, Robert Yates or perhaps John Williams), Centinel (Samuel Bryan), and the Federal Farmer (either Melancton Smith, Richard Henry Lee, or Mercy Otis Warren [citation needed]).
Clintonism refers to the political and economic policies of Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as the era of his presidency in the United States.. The Democratic Leadership Council, a pro-Democratic Party establishment, argues that Clintonism "stands for economic growth and opportunity; for fiscal responsibility; for work, not welfare; for preventing crime and punishing criminals; and for non ...
Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...
In his famous Mudsill Speech (1858), Hammond articulated the pro-slavery political argument during the period at which the ideology was at its most mature (late 1830s – early 1860s). [17] Along with John C. Calhoun, Hammond believed that the bane of many past societies was the existence of the class of the landless poor.
Two buttons for Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign that could create trouble for Hillary Clinton's campaign amid a renewed debate over the use of the Confederate flag have surfaced.
Political scientist Corey Robin has recently argued that conservatism's most consistent traits are 1) A veneration of hierarchy and order and 2) A fear of the lower orders. "Though it is often ...
Given that the Constitution was the handiwork of men who disagreed about slavery, it is hardly surprising that it could be—and was—read as both proslavery and antislavery." [10] Oakes' view is that, "depending on which clauses you cite and how you spin them, the Constitution can be read as either proslavery or antislavery". [11]