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Ads by Google      United States Liberal Republican Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Following his nomination by the Liberal Republicans, Greeley was also nominated by the Democratic Party. The United States Liberal Republican Party was a However, many political scientists believe that, by loosening the allegiance of liberal elements to the Republican Party, the Liberal Republicans made it possible for these elements to subsequently move to the Democratic Party. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Liberal_Republican_Party      Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.2, Entry 262, LIBERAL REPUBLICAN PARTY: Library of Economics and Liberty LIBERAL REPUBLICAN PARTY (IN), an abortive offshoot from the regular republican party in 1870-72. But there was also dissatisfaction among republicans pure and simple: in the growth of that party new men had gained control of it, new methods had been introduced, and the resulting "personal government" of the party had created considerable discontent. If the convention had been homogeneous, the tariff utterance would have been clear and consistent, some original republican of democratic tendencies would have been nominated for president and some acceptable democrat for vice-president, and the ensuing presidential election would at least have been doubtful. http://www.econlib.org/library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy653.html      Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the older Republican Party, which is now known as the Democratic Republican Party, see This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. The Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin where the Republican Party was organized http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party      The Global Encyclopedia : Hotels : Travel The federal and state government is dominated by two political parties, the Republicans and the Democrats. Minor party and independent candidates are very occasionally elected, usually to local or state office, but the United States political system has historically supported catch all parties rather than coalition governments. The ideology and policies of the sitting President of the United States commonly play a large role in determining the direction of his political party, as well as the platform of the opposition. http://united-states.asinah.net/american-encyclopedia/wikipedia/u/un/united_...      Ross (1970) The Liberal Republican movement Liberal Republican Party; United States; Politics and government; 1869-1877 http://www.getcited.org/pub/102004905      Elections in the United States of America Cabinet, is selected by the president with the approval of the Senate and is dominated by the Republican Party. United States are a country in North America. Freedom House considers the United States to be a free country. http://www.electionworld.org/unitedstates.htm      Results of Presidential Elections - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net Democratic/Liberal Republican Presidential Candidate Horace Greeley died after the election and before the electors voted. His votes were scattered among others in the Democratic/Liberal Republican coalition, including to Vice Presidential candidate B. Gratz Brown. Richard Johnson was elected by the Senate after every candidate failed to get a majority of the Electoral Votes. http://www.usconstitution.net/elections.html      Liberal Republican party Liberal Republican party, in U.S. history, organization formed in 1872 by Republicans discontented at the political corruption and the policies of President Grant's first administration. The party program called for civil service reform and an end to the strong Reconstruction program of the radical Republicans; so as not to offend the party's divergent segments, it avoided adopting a position on the tariff question. Republican party (The Reader's Companion to American History) http://www.teachervision.fen.com/ce6/history/A0829668.html      Political Resources on the Net - USA (I) Liberal Party of Minnesota New Democratic Socialist for a new age American Independent Party of California California affiliate of the Constitution Party Cascadian National Party (CNP) A progressive political party that calls for the independence of Oregon and Washington state to create a Cascadian Republic http://www.politicalresources.net/usa1.htm      WorldBook General Reference Encyclopedia > Social Science > Government > Political Parties > American > Liberal Republican Party > WorldBook General Reference Encyclopedia > Social Science > Government > Political Parties > American > Liberal Republican Party > Documents 51 - 60 of 75 on the subject : Liberal Republican Party History and Social Science Curriculum Framework V. Commonly taught subtopics related to core knowledge in United States and world history, geography, economics, and Civics and Government The following subtopics in United States and World History, http://www.surfablebooks.com/worldbookgeneral/Social%20Science/Government/Political%20Parties/American/Liberal%20Republican%20Party/3.htm      CPUSA Online - Labor was at the heart of an incredible people’s coalition to defeat George Bush and the ultra-right wing of the Republican Party. The Communist Party USA and the 2004 Elections: Build the Party, Build the Coalitions The Communist Party USA expresses its deep sorrow on the death of Yasser Arafat, the decades-long leader and larger-than-life symbol of the Palestinian people’s quest for justice, human rights, self-determination and statehood. http://www.cpusa.org/      United States Liberal Republican Party Unfortunately, work on United States Liberal Republican Party has not finished and we are still working on the contents. You have come across our United States Liberal Republican Party article. Please come back to this page in the future when more definitive content is published on United States Liberal Republican Party. http://www.bambooweb.com/articles/u/n/United_States_Liberal_Republican_Party.html      Liberal Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Following his nomination by the Liberal Republicans, Greeley was also nominated by the Democratic Party. The United States Liberal Republican Party was a political party formed in 1872 to oppose the administration of the then-current President, Ulysses S. Grant. By 1876, the Liberal Republican Party had ceased to exist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Liberal_Republican_Party   (226 words)      Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Later, the Democratic Party's support for liberal social stances such as abortion, criminal law issues such as abolition of the death penalty, and same-sex marriage drove many former Democrats into a Republican party that was embracing the conservative views on these issues. The Republican Party currently has majorities in the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as in governorships and the majority of state legislatures. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States (the other being the Democratic Party). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party   (3075 words)      Reader's Companion to American History - -REPUBLICAN PARTY By 1860 the Republicans had also absorbed the support of the nativist Know-Nothing party, and their candidate, Abraham Lincoln, was elected president, an outcome that precipitated the outbreak of the Civil War. The Republicans hoped they could realign the party system in their favor during the 1990s, because of the continuing shift of population to the South and West where they had recently been dominant in presidential elections and also because of indications that younger voters favored them over the Democrats. The western tradition of radical Republicanism was sustained by continuing economic hardship in the agricultural states, but its spokesmen in the Senate—La Follette of Wisconsin, William Borah of Idaho, George Norris of Nebraska, and Hiram Johnson of California—were regarded derisively as the "Sons of the Wild Jackass" by the party elite. http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_074900_republicanpa.htm   (2267 words)      Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Later, the Democratic Party's support for liberal social stances such as abortion, criminal law issues such as abolition of the death penalty, and same-sex marriage drove many former Democrats into a Republican party that was embracing the conservative views on these issues. Theodore Roosevelt represented the progressive faction of the Republican Party. The Republican party is known as the GOP. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)   (6844 words)      Welcome to The American Presidency A split among the Republicans ensued: the more liberal elements, opposed to the harshness of the Radical Republicans on the Reconstruction issue and the scandals of the administration, broke away and took the name Liberal Republican party. In the congressional elections of 2000 the Republicans held on to a slender majority in the House; in the Senate each party held 50 seats, leaving the tie-breaking vote in the hands of the new Republican vice-president. In the 1854 congressional elections 44 Republicans were elected as a part of the anti-Nebraskan majority in the House of Representatives, and several Republicans were elected to the Senate and to various state houses. http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0245550-0&templatename=/article/articl...   (3610 words)      OD Board - The Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party This massive rift between the Bush- championed liberal leadership of the California Republican Party and the Party's grassroots led by Bill Simon threatens to abort the chances of a GOP victory in November against liberal Democrat Gray Davis. This conservative Republican base is responsible for every one of the nationwide victories of the Republican Party in recent memory most notably the 1994 GOP landslide that swept Republican majorities into Congress. It is this Republican Party conservative base that is responsible for transforming it from a minority party during the 1950s-1980s into the majority governing party it has become today. http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1640   (971 words)      Liberal Republican party on Encyclopedia.com The party program called for civil service reform and an end to the strong Reconstruction program of the radical Republicans; so as not to offend the party's divergent segments, it avoided adopting a position on the tariff question. Republican party shows cracks after moderates' show of force. Virginia is for taxers; are Republicans Republicans in the Old Dominion? http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/L/LiberalR1.asp   (466 words)      Liberal Republican Party --  Encyclopædia Britannica They organized the Liberal Republican party, which called for civil service reform, an end to corruption in government, and the withdrawal of troops from the South. insurgent reform wing of the U.S. Republican Party that challenged what it considered the corruption of President Ulysses S. Grant's administration by nominating a rival slate of candidates in the national election of November 1872. Branch of the Republican party based in Alabama. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048119   (828 words)      American Family Association - AgapePress news Placing Eisenberg's name into nomination was Mississippi Republican Michael Retzer, who says the Party needs liberals like Eisenberg to raise money. Eisenberg is a founder of the liberal, pro-choice Republican Leadership Council, a group whose aim, according to pro-life Republicans, to purge them from the Party by raising money for liberal Republican candidates. A man who advocates both abortion and homosexual rights is now the chief fundraiser of the Republican Party. http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/212002c.asp   (281 words)      GOPUSA - Commentary Hellon, from Tucson, is a pro-abortion liberal, which places him in conflict with the Republican Party base. But this time, the liberal opposition is from within his own party. Arizona would be better off with a freshman conservative representing the Republican Party's actual values at the national level, plain and simple -- regardless of where he is from. http://www.gopusa.com/arizona/commentary/pullenhellonp.shtml   (845 words)      Mod Squad - Why do middle-of-the-road Republicans still exist? By Timothy Noah The Republican Party's liberal wing (as moderates were then called) was filled with noble purpose about civil rights and women's rights, two issues on which Democrats would not achieve dominance until the 1960s. For most moderate Republicans, though, the principal reasons not to switch party are nostalgia and aristocratic indolence. Since the districts of moderate Republicans, especially in the East, tend to be heavily Democratic, and the ideological differences between moderate Republicans and New Democrats are now microscopic (or perhaps nonexistent), it's a bit baffling that moderate Republicans don't switch party affiliation and become Democrats. http://www.slate.com/id/11201   (1250 words)      Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party - encyclopedia article about Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party. The Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Radical Ecuatoriana) is a liberal party in Ecuador. Eloy Alfaro was the leader of the Ecuadorian Liberal Revolution for which he fought for many years since his youth until 1895, when the city of Guayaquil proclaimed him as Supreme Chief of the country and asked him to return from his exile in Panama. Liberalism is an ideology, or current of political thought, which strives to maximize individual liberty through rights under law. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Ecuadorian+Radical+Liberal+Party   (750 words)      The Cornell Review: Real Republican or just Me Too Moppert? If that is not the case than he is just a liberal Republican using the party to get a seat in the House of Representatives. The reason he is a Republican, as far as we could tell, because his views on health care are closer to a compassionate conservative than a crooked liberal. Earl Warren, a classic example, was a Republican governor of California and a Vice Presidential candidate before being appointed to the Supreme Court in one of the most disastrous personnel decisions in our nation's history. http://www.cornellreview.org/viewart.cgi?num=8   (807 words)      Liberal Republicans Most Liberal Republicans returned to the Republican Party by the next presidential election in 1876. The Liberal Republican convention offered the nomination to Greeley, a man of such strong views that he was bound to alienate many within the movement. Other Republicans began to feel that their party was too firmly in the hands of Eastern financial and industrial interests. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h216.html   (321 words)      "My Move From Being Hawkish Gore Voter to Bush Liberal Republican" by Adam Balling True, I am on the minority liberal end of my newly chosen party, but among the first orders of government is to provide for the common defence, and on that count I trust the arch-conservative Bill Frist and Tom DeLay over the uncertain minimalism of Tom Daschle and Nancy Pelosi. In 2002, Al Gore himself denounced the sort of hawkish liberalism he had espoused only two years earlier, and it seems that the majority of the party agrees with his about-face. They are inept at deciding between the anti-war isolationism of the 2000 Nader and Buchanan candidacies and the pro-war internationalism of party moderates, independent voters and opposition centrists. http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=10806   (826 words)      GOPUSA - Christopher G. Adamo With such people constantly placing the philosophies of liberalism ahead of traditional Republican principle, the only manner in which even a facade of "unity" can be maintained is for the entire party to shift to the left. Chief among those organizations caterwauling about the actions of Tancredo is the liberal "Tuesday Group," a coalition of approximately thirty liberal Republican House members whose goal is to steer the party to the left. Unfortunately, such rhetoric fails to deal with the fact that it is the Republican liberals who regularly undermine party unity by voting with Democrats at critical junctures. http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/cadamo/2004/cga_0628p.shtml   (764 words)      Republican Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United States — Republican Party (1854- present); Liberal Republican (1872) Mongolia — Citizens' Will Republican Party, Mongolian Republican Party New Zealand — Republican Party (1967), Republican Party (1995) (both defunct) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party   (190 words)      Giuliani Plays Offense - Blogging from the Republican Convention, Day 1. By William Saletan I was beginning to feel comfortable thinking of myself as a liberal Republican, even if this was one of just a few pockets in the country where people like me could find a place in this party. The Maryland Republican Party, in need of converts, demanded no such loyalty oath. So, I registered as an independent and voted in Maryland's Republican presidential primary for John McCain, whom I admired even when I disagreed with him. http://www.slate.com/id/2105912   (2189 words)

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