MUGWUMPS

mŭgˈwŭmpsˌ, slang term in U.S. political history for the Republicans who in 1884 deserted their party nominee, James G. Blaine, to vote for the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland.

See L. W. Peterson, The Day of the Mugwump (1961).

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books on: Mugwumps  - 386 results

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Mugwumps, Morals, & Politics, 1884-1920
Book by Gerald W. McFarland; University of Massachusetts Press, 1975
Subjects: Progressivism (United States Politics), Social Reformers--United States, United States--Politics And Government--1865-1900, United States--Politics And Government--1901-1953
...again in the historical record. The Mugwumps cosmopolitan cultural traits and the...examination of the early writings about Mugwumps and mugwumpery. Among the Mugwump biographers of other Mugwumps, Joseph B. Bishop wrote on Charles...
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American Political Cultures
Book by Richard J. Ellis; Oxford University Press, 1996
Subjects: Political Culture--United States--History
...readiness among the more genteel Mugwumps to look to government to secure...least of them." 120 Many Mugwumps felt frustrated at being men...121 Frederic J. Stimson, a Mugwump lawyer, idealized a pre...known families." 123 But Mugwumps looked forward as well as backward...
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Political Parties and the State: The American Historical Experience
Book by Martin Shefter; Princeton University Press, 1994
Subjects: Political Parties--United States--History, Politics, Practical--United States--History, United States--Politics And Government
level, as well, the Mugwumps sought to break the monopoly that...on the institutional level, the Mugwumps advocated bipartisan representation...intelligible both the orientation of the Mugwumps toward political parties and their...
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From Hayes to McKinley: National Party Politics, 1877-1896
Book by H. Wayne Morgan; Syracuse University Press, 1969
Subjects: Political Parties--United States--History, United States--Politics And Government--1865-1900
...certainly make a new man." 86 The Mugwumps soon made their influence clear...machine managers did not trust Mugwumps. Richard Croker of Tammany...principles will not induce a Mugwump to take more than a fitful...administration would reward local Mugwumps more than those who organized...
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Structure, Process, and Party: Essays in American Political History
Book by Peter H. Argersinger; M. E. Sharpe, 1992
Subjects: Elections--United States--History--19th Century, Political Parties--United States--History--19th Century, United States--Politics And Government--1865-1900
...disinterested, Marylands small contingent of mugwumps constituted a second group that persistently...educational and professional interests, the mugwumps valued order, deference, and stability...ignorant, venal, and incompetent, mugwumps were appalled by the ascendancy of mass...
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journal articles on: Mugwumps  - 24 results

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A "dude and Pharisee": Cartoon Attacks on Harper's Weekly Editor George William Curtis and the Mugwumps in the Presidential Campaign of 1884
Journal article by Harlen Makemson; Journalism History, Vol. 29, 2004
Subjects: Curtis, George William (1824-1892), Editors, Harpers Weekly, History, Journalism, Magazines, Presidential elections, Republican Party, Social criticism & satire
...masculinity of the Mugwumps, playing upon cultural...Republicans, a Mugwump such as Curtis was...participant in the Mugwump movement through...political activist. The Mugwumps were not only seeking...weapon against the Mugwumps, the New York Tribune...cross between a mugwump, a Gentile hermit...
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Reviewing, Reviewers, Authors, Publishers, and Censorship
Journal article; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 17, 1997
Subjects: Blood of Mugwump: A Tiresian Tale of Incest (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Book reviewing--Analysis, Editors--Attitudes, Publishers (Persons)--Attitudes, Rice, Doug--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...review of Doug Rices Blood of Mugwump, a novel published by FC2...agreed. Doug Rice. Blood of Mugwump: A Tiresian Tale of Incest...riddled body. Cyclotron shit. Mugwump is a pre-recording on the...incestuous(1) tale of infested Mugwumps, however, is no longer Rices...
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Elusive Advocate: Reconsidering Brandeis as People's Lawyer
Journal article by Clyde Spillenger; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 105, 1996
Subjects: Attorneys--Philosophy, Brandeis, Louis D.--Philosophy, Judges--Philosophy, United States. Supreme Court--Officials and employees
...reformers, the Mugwump creed was a concrete...defining issue for Mugwumps was the problem...Consequently, Mugwumps expressed disdain...of voters. The Mugwump affirmation of faith...out-and-out Mugwump ever enjoyed...acutely than many Mugwumps, who trumpeted...
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Maligning Poverty's Prophet: Puck, Henry George and the New York Mayoral Campaign of 1886
Journal article by Samuel J. Thomas; Journal of American Culture, Vol. 21, 1998
Subjects: George, Henry, History, Magazines, New York City New York, Political campaigns, Public figures, Social criticism & satire
...national politics and Mugwump or independent Republican...classical liberalism, Mugwumps advertised their commitments...crooks" good government Mugwump "goo goos" of the...the last gasp of the Mugwumps and the first breath...in the 1890s, the Mugwump- soon- to-be -Progressive...
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Anti-Intellectualism as Romantic Discourse
Journal article by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen; Daedalus, Vol. 138, 2009
Subjects: American culture--Analysis, Intellectualism--Analysis
...the purveyors of "mugwump culture" - argued...of the mind. The mugwumps viewed their role...and restraint, mugwump critics stressed...to grow up. The mugwumps shared Emersons...civilization," the mugwumps felt no anxiety...proposed by the mugwump critics themselves...
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magazine articles on: Mugwumps  - 19 results

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Mark Twain's Reconstruction - "A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage" and Its Moment in History
Magazine article by Roy Blount Jr.; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, July 2001
Subjects: A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage (Short fiction)--Authorship, Humorists--Authorship, Twain, Mark--Authorship
...directions: he became a Mugwump. The Republican candidate...the press as "little Mugwumps," mugquomp being an...began to call themselves Mugwumps with pride. The label...innocence. "We, the mugwumps, a little company made...do so and "save my mugwump purity undefiled...
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Money and Politics, the Oldest Connection
Magazine article by Gil Troy; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 21, Summer 1997
Subjects: Political satire, American--Usage, Politics--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc., Presidents--Attitudes
...regulars branded them "mugwumps," redefining the Algonquin...new definition of"mugwump" at the time was...American soil," one mugwump complained. The bipartisan...latter-day Republican mugwumps and impoverished progressive...disappointed modern mugwumps. Political parties...
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Mark Twain's Reconstruction: "A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage" and Its Moment in History
Magazine article by Jr. Roy Blount; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, July 2001
Subjects: American literature, American writers, Twain, Mark, United States history
...directions: he became a Mugwump. The Republican candidate...the press as "little Mugwumps," mugquomp being an...began to call themselves Mugwumps with pride. The label...innocence. "We, the mugwumps, a little company made...do so and "save my mugwump purity undefiled...
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New Position, New Setting, New Opportunities: a Challenging Leadership Responsibility
Magazine article by Jerome Tillman; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 11, September 22, 1994
Subjects: Colleges & universities, Education, Educators, Higher education, Minority & ethnic groups, New Orleans, LA, Teaching, Tillman, Jerome
...and in schools with different pedagogic approaches. The Mugwumps The plethora of research and reports on reform in teacher education...vacuum be dominated and filled by interested, but uninvited, "mugwumps," whose agenda seems always to favor a political solution...
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Hail to the Chiefs
Magazine article by John Yoo; American Conservative, Vol. 9, April 2010
Subjects: American history, Bush, George W, Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901), Monroe, James (1758-1831), Obama, Barack, Political power, Politics, Presidency, Presidents, Social criticism & satire, United States
...grave national security threat of the Mugwumps, dissident Republicans who had crossed...Arnold. Harrison ordered that suspected Mugwumps be subjected to enhanced interrogation...that the threat was overstated, the "Mugwump Bump" went on to become one of the most...
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newspaper articles on: Mugwumps  - 25 results

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Mugwump Fest Founder Dies Mugwump Fest Founder Dies
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 7, 2011
Mugwump Fest Founder Dies Mugwump Fest Founder Dies. Byline: Justin Kmitch jkmitch@dailyherald...85-year-old retired postal worker and founder of the annual Mugwump festival near Naperville died Wednesday from complications from...
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Danish Day for Starters
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 11, 2011
...Register-Guard JUNCTION CITY - The Mugwumps have come back to Junction City. And...festival for William Walther, who sells Mugwumps and their furball brethren along with...booth on Greenwood Street. Think of Mugwumps as a Muppet thats easier to operate but...
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Trivia Quiz
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), December 14, 2009
Subjects: British Broadcasting Corp., Broadcasting industry--Tests, problems and exercises
...the book Judo: History, Theory, Practice? 23. In Japan, what is a Gaijin? 24. Fabulated Marshmellows and Netherworldy Mugwumps are examples of a search query that returns exactly one hit in google. What are these queries called? 25. In the USA, what...
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MasterMinds
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), May 7, 2011
...Its the only thing that theres just too little of..." 10. Fabulated Marshmellows, Protozoic Spliff, and Netherworldy Mugwumps are all examples of a two word search query that returns exactly one hit in Google. What are these queries called? 11. According...
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Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 20, 2010
...performance, then builds toward music made for dancing. The band order after Mitchell: the Huckleberrys, the Blair Street Mugwumps, Bad Mitten Orchestre, Merle Jagger, Mood Area 52, Sassparilla and the Lewi Longmire Band. Folks all over the area are...
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encyclopedia articles on: Mugwumps  - 5 results

 
 
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Mugwumps
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MUGWUMPS mug wumps , slang term in U.S. political history for the Republicans...Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland . See L. W. Peterson, The Day of the Mugwump (1961). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Republican Party
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...led by Carl Schurz , deserted Blaine for the conservative Democrat Grover Cleveland, who was elected. This defection by the mugwumps illustrated the lack of real issues between the two parties; it was the man and not the party that counted. Benjamin Harrison...
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Blaine, James Gillespie
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and to Clevelands admitted paternity of an illegitimate child enlivened the bitter campaign. However, reform Republicans ( mugwumps ) such as Carl Schurz preferred Clevelands untainted public record to Blaines private virtue. Their defection was made the...
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Cleveland, Grover
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Blaine . Cleveland, hated by Tammany and favored by political reformers, got the votes of many reform Republicans the "mugwumps," who voted against their party. The campaign was notably bitter and was marked by the "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion...
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Schurz, Carl
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...editorials (1892 98) for Harpers Weekly. In 1884, convinced of James G. Blaines unfitness for office, Schurz led the mugwumps in their opposition to Blaines nomination and candidacy. Schurz supported the Democrat Grover Cleveland in that year and again...


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