mugwumps

     

The Mugwumps were Republican political activists who supporte Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential election of 1884. They switched parties because they rejected the financial corruption associated with Republican candidate, James Blaine. In a close election the Mugwumps supposedly made the difference in New York state and swung the election to Cleveland.

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  • From an Indian term, Republicans who abandoned their party in 1884 to vote for Cleveland were called this
  • Those who left the Republican Party in 1884 were dubbed these, from a Native American term for "big chief"
  • Term for Republicans who abandoned their own party in 1884 to support Grover Cleveland

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  • The New York Sun says that President Cleveland has been hoo-dooed by the Mugwumps. LA1887