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Liberal Republican Party

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Ideologies of political parties in the United States | US government and civics | Khan Academy

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Liberal Republican Party (United States)

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History of the Republican Party | American civics | US government and civics | Khan Academy

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Republicans & Democrats: Comparing & Contrasting US Political Parties

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How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump

The Liberal Republican Party of the United States was an American political party that was organized in May 1872 to oppose the reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant and his Radical Republican supporters in the presidential election of 1872. The party emerged in Missouri under the leadership of Senator Carl Schurz and soon attracted other opponents of Grant. The party opposed Grant's Reconstruction policies and sought civil service reform. It lost in a landslide and disappeared after the 1872 election.
  • Formation 

  • 1872 convention 

  • 1872 campaign 

  • Aftermath 

  • Interpretations 

  • Prominent party members