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Campaigns Inc. was retained for their first official political campaign in 1934. [1] George Hatfield , a prominent Republican who served as U.S. Attorney for California's Northern District , was running for Lieutenant Governor of California against Democrat Sheridan Downey , who had first introduced the pair of political consultants.
Robert Reed Church Jr. (October 26, 1885 – April 17, 1952) was a prominent businessman and Republican Party organizer in Memphis, Tennessee.His father was the successful businessman Robert Reed Church, and Church Jr. succeeded his father as president of the Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company after his father's death.
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.
Political parties established in 1885 (1 C, ... Pages in category "Organizations established in 1885" ... Association of American Physicians; B.
The leading candidate for the presidential nomination was New York Governor Grover Cleveland, as Cleveland's reputation for good government made him a national figure.. The Republican Party nominated James G. Blaine for president in June 1884, although he had been implicated in a financial scandal: many influential Republicans were outraged, believing the time had come for a national reform ...
Alva Belmont (1853–1933) – founder of the Political Equality League that was in 1913 merged into the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. [4] Elsie Lincoln Benedict (1885–1970) – suffragist leader and speaker. [21] Alice Stone Blackwell (1857–1950) – journalist, activist, helped bring the AWSA and NWSA together. [1]
The Third Party System was a period in the history of political parties in the United States from the 1850s until the 1890s, which featured profound developments in issues of American nationalism, modernization, and race.
The 1884 presidential election was the first nationwide campaign in which Grover Cleveland participated and the first of two in which he emerged victorious. This election pitted Democratic Party nominee Cleveland against Republican party nominee James G. Blaine and the campaign centered on corruption, civil service reforms, and political ...