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The Republicans did maintain their majorities in Congress and in the major states, except New York.
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While Republicans were discouraged, Democrats were energized and did especially well in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and New York.
However, most Republicans did not make a distinction, and " Black and Tans " was often used as a catch-all term for all police and army groups.
but the Republicans did not make a political issue of that position.
Blaine hoped that he would have more support from Irish Americans than Republicans typically did ; while the Irish were mainly a Democratic constituency in the 19th century, Blaine's mother was Irish Catholic, and he had been supportive of the Irish National Land League while he was Secretary of State.
Kemp did not expect to be retained if the Republicans were reelected in 1992, and some pundits agreed with him.
The fact that state legislatures were dominated by Democrats and Republicans provided these parties an opportunity to pass discriminatory laws against minor political parties, yet such laws did not start to arise until the first Red Scare that hit America after World War I.
Republicans did plan to publish the Wallace letters, but the Democrats threatened to release information about Willkie's rumored extramarital affair with writer Irita Van Doren, resulting in a stalemate.
However, Bryan did gain the support of the Populists, as well as a convention of Silver Republicans.
As they did in 1876, the Republicans dipped into the talent pool of the Governor's office of Ohio to nominate William McKinley for president and New Jersey's Garret Hobart for vice-president.
" Roosevelt himself did not have a clear idea of the New Deal at this point, so he promised no specific programs and tried to appeal to practically all groups of voters, even Republicans.
However, he did make it known that he would not decline the GOP nomination if it were offered to him, and some conservative Republicans hoped that by winning a primary contest he could prove his popularity with voters.
Republicans figured that all they had to do to win was to avoid making any major mistakes, and as such Dewey did not take any risks.
Gingrich's hold on the leadership was weakened significantly by that and several other controversies, as he faced a caucus revolt in 1997, and after the Republicans lost House seats in 1998 ( although retaining a majority ) he did not stand for a third term as Speaker.
After the 1998 midterm elections where the Republicans lost seats, Gingrich did not stand for re-election.
Johan de Witt and the Republicans did reign supreme for a time at the middle of the 17th century ( the First Stadtholderless Period ) until his overthrow and murder in 1672.
The Radical Republicans were outraged that Lincoln did not sign the bill.
* Republicans: 30 – 1 ( the lone nay was Strom Thurmond ; John Tower who did not vote was paired as a nay vote with Eugene McCarthy who would have voted in favor.
The split in the Radical party over Boulangism weakened his hand, and its collapse meant that moderate Republicans did not need his help.
Nixon and other Republicans provided little support for Carmichael to avoid alienating conservative Southern Democrats though the GOP did work to elect two House candidates who later became influential U. S. senators, Trent Lott and Thad Cochran.
Lucas and IRI, a nonprofit political group backed by powerful Republicans close to the Bush administration, did more than talk.
) Another claimed that the Hampshire did not strike a mine at all, but was sunk by explosives secreted in the vessel by Irish Republicans.
On November 2, 2010, Republicans Ed Trzaska and Patricia Graham defeated long-time Democratic incumbent Louise Wilson as well as her running mate, Neena Singh ( Brad Fay did not run for re-election ).
After Nixon released the infamous " smoking gun " transcripts ( which proved Nixon's involvement in the Watergate cover-up ), however, Lott announced that he would vote to impeach Nixon when the articles came up for debate before the full House ( as did the other Republicans who voted against impeachment in committee ).
Victories by McKinley in the gubernatorial race and by the Republicans in securing a majority in the legislature in 1891 did not guarantee Sherman another term, as he was challenged for his seat by Foraker.
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Crucially, Cannon exercised these powers to maintain discipline within the ranks of his own party: the Republicans were divided into the conservative " Old Guard ," led by Cannon, and the progressives, led by President Theodore Roosevelt.
The Republicans wanted to maintain the 1777 alliance with France, which had overthrown the monarchy and aristocracy and become a republic.
In 1994, Brown gained the vote of a few Republicans to maintain the Speakership when the Democrats lost control of the Assembly to the Republicans led by Jim Brulte.
A Democrat who supported the war effort, Tod helped to maintain a fragile alliance between the state's Republicans and War Democrats and took steps to secure Ohio's borders.
Despite this, the Republicans did maintain a strong majority in the House.
Republicans, however, maintain that the Democrats ' advantage in 2005 was due simply to the fact that they were the incumbent party.
In the early 21st century, Republicans were able to maintain their hold on the federal government, as President George W. Bush was able to forge a powerful coalition of Southern states that had been out of reach of the Republican party in the last two Presidential contests.
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The most articulate Republicans are those who, in their desire to get back at Mr. Kennedy, already have created the image of a Republican leadership which is reluctant to assist the distressed and the unemployed, and which is even more unwilling to help old people who need medical care.
In his only attack on the Republicans, Hughes said, `` The three Republican candidates for governor are tripping over their feet for popular slogans to win the primary.
The Republicans strongly advocated nationalism, and in their 1860 platform they denounced threats of disunion as avowals of treason.
As a leading War Democrat and pro-Union southerner, Johnson was an ideal candidate for the Republicans in the national election of 1864, as they sought to enlarge their base to include War Democrats ; they even changed the party name to the National Union Party to reflect this expansion.
In response to the Black Codes and Southern recalcitrance, the Republicans prevented the secessionist states ' representatives from taking their seats in Congress in the fall 1865.
The Republicans won by a landslide, increasing their two-thirds majority in Congress, and made plans to control Reconstruction.
As the 1954 congressional elections approached, and it became evident that the Republicans were in danger of losing their thin majority in both houses, Eisenhower was among those blaming the Old Guard for the losses, and took up the charge to stop suspected efforts by the right wing to take control of the GOP.
This campaign featured Republicans who voted for Bush in the 2000 election giving their personal reasons for voting for Kerry in 2004.
Following their victory at Fleurus, the Republicans occupied Belgium and the Rhineland.
Following World War II, Indonesian Republicans withdrew from Allied-occupied Jakarta during their fight for Indonesian independence and established their capital in Yogyakarta.
Methodists formed a major element of the popular support for the Radical Republicans with their hard line toward the white South.
The Union Party quickly gained the attention of the colonial governors, all Republicans, who were willing to work closely with them because of their control of the House of Delegates.
The local Republicans protested bitterly and, once took statehood out of their platform, not bringing it back until the early 1920s.
MacGowan was already with The Nips, though when they broke up in 1980 he concentrated a bit more on Stacy's Millwall Chainsaws, who changed their name to The New Republicans.
Roosevelt was attacking both the judiciary and the deep faith Republicans had in their judges ( most of whom had been appointed by McKinley, Roosevelt or Taft ).
As president he led the Radical Republicans in their effort to eliminate all vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery ; he effectively destroyed the Ku Klux Klan in 1871.
By 1792-94 newspapers started calling Hamilton supporters " Federalists " and their opponents " Democrats ", " Republicans ", " Jeffersonians " ( people who supported Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president ), or " Democratic-Republicans ".
Jefferson's supporters usually called themselves " Republicans " and their party the " Republican Party.
At the same time, in the Senate, while the Republicans retained their majority, they lost 8 seats.
Taft commented as follows on the state of his party after the election, "... it behooves the Republicans to gather again to the party standard and pledge anew their faith in their party's principles and to organize again to defend the constitutional government handed down to us by our fathers.
Many Republicans in the western states, dismayed by the strong allegiance of eastern Republicans to the gold standard, considered forming their own party.
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