Chapter 20: Politics: Local, State, and National
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Local and state issues interacted with
and ethnic background to affect people's political attitudes
and their party loyalty in the late nineteenth century.
Probably the most famous late nineteenth century big city political boss was
Tammany Hall.
Republicans whose most obvious desire was to gain the spoils of office belonged to the
the party, led by New York Senator Roscoe Conkling.
In 1881, Charles Guiteau, a frustrated Stalwart office-seeker, assassinated President
The 1883
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Act was a victory for those who wanted civil service reform.
Maine Senator
had many fine leadership qualities, but his hopes for the presidency were wrecked
when it was revealed that he had performed special favors for a private railroad company.
In 1892, the first presidential candidate of the Populist party was the former Greenbacker and inveterate
of Iowa.
At a convention in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1992, representatives of farmers, workers, and reformers met to
nominate the presidential candidate of the
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wing of
, the winning candidate in 1884 and 1892, was the only Democrat elected to the presidency
between 1856 and 1912.
reformer,
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, boss of New York's
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The free coinage of silver became the key campaign issue in the pivotal presidential election of
The Coinage Act of 1873 that demonetized silver came to be known by its opponents as the "
During the 1896 presidential election, the
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issue caused a split within both the Democratic and
Nebraska Congressman
was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic party
after delivering a dramatic "Cross of Gold" speech at the 1896 convention.
In 1896,
, Republican presidential candidate William McKinley's campaign manager, raised a
considerable amount of money and ran a well-organized campaign for his candidate.
The Populist party's
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platform called for the enactment of a graduated income tax law.