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Republicans also maintained a majority in the Senate, in the House, and amongst state governors in the 2016 elections. The Republican Party was slated to control 69 of 99 state legislative chambers in 2017 (the most it had held in history) [150] and at least 33 governorships (the most it had held since 1922). [151]
This powerful GOP bloc which included Henry Winter ... Who Were Their Rivals? Republican Factions in the Gilded Age". Political Science Quarterly 99#4: 703–716 ...
Despite the high voter turnout, aggressive political campaigning, and frequently nasty elections, there were few real policy differences between the Democrats and Republicans. Gilded age politicians are somewhat infamous among historians for having few actual policies and doing very little of importance in office.
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.
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.
Angry Republicans like Roscoe Conkling sometimes hinted they were homosexual, ... Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (2009): 341-363 online.
Many Liberal Republican leaders had been Democrats and members of the Free Soil Party before joining the Republican Party after its creation in the 1850s. [4] The Liberal Republicans thought that the Grant administration and the President personally were fully corrupt. More importantly, they thought that the goals of Reconstruction had been ...
The Republican Party, ... Reconstruction, the gold standard, and the Gilded Age. Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president (1869–1877) Following the assassination ...