Democratic Party

c. 1790s –

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Democrat or Mug-wump: Which will fill seat of great Democratic leader Maybank?

Broadside reprinting letter by A.G. Sloan of Marion, S.C., to the editor of an unidentified newspaper, re: 1954 election for the seat in the U.S. Senate vacated by death of Burnet Rhett Maybank, in which Edgar A. Brown ran against J. Strom Thurmond. Thurmond defeated Brown in the primary, becoming the first person in U.S. history to be elected to a major office by write-in ballot. Originally, the term mugwumps signified Republicans who supported Democratic Party candidate Grover Cleveland in the 1884 Presidential election.

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  • Title Democratic Party
  • Coverage c. 1790s –
  • Author
  • Keywords Thomas Jefferson’s ideological split with Alexander Hamilton, Charles Pinckney, strict construction of the Constitution, John C. Calhoun, unable to stay united long enough to prevent civil war, intense aversion to the Republican Party, African Americans were legally excluded from participation in the state’s only meaningful election, the Democratic primary, Elmore v. Rice, Changes precipitated by World War II, President Harry Truman integrated the armed forces, increasingly successful civil rights movement, Charles Boineau, Congressman Albert Watson, doctrine of “one-man, one-vote”, By 2000 it had become a majority Republican state, Bob Dole,
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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  • Access Date November 23, 2024
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update July 21, 2022

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