LIBERAL REPUBLICAN PARTY
\lˈɪbəɹə͡l ɹɪpˈʌblɪkən pˈɑːti], \lˈɪbəɹəl ɹɪpˈʌblɪkən pˈɑːti], \l_ˈɪ_b_ə_ɹ_əl ɹ_ɪ_p_ˈʌ_b_l_ɪ_k_ə_n p_ˈɑː_t_i]\
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An abortive offshoot from the regular Republican party in 1870-72. Its origin was a reaction from the coercive measures to maintain the newly-granted rights of the negroes and suppress the Ku-Klux organizations. A union of the Liberal Republicans and the Democrats was first formed with considerable success in Missouri in 1870-71. They advocated universal suffrage, universal amnesty, a reform of the tariff and a "cessation of the unconstitutional laws to cure Ku-Klux disorders." A general convention assembled at Cincinnati in May, 1872, and nominated Horace Greeley for President, whom the Democrats also nominated. He was defeated because many Democrats refused to vote for him. B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, was the candidate for Vice-President.
By John Franklin Jameson
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