14-804: (Redirected from Moderate Republican ) Moderate Republicans may refer to: Within the United States Republican Party: Moderate Republicans (Reconstruction era) , active from 1854 to 1877 Moderate Republicans (United States, 1930s–1970s) or Rockefeller Republicans Moderate Republicans (modern United States) , the present-day faction In France: Moderate Republicans (France, 1848–1870) Moderate Republicans (France, 1871–1901) or Opportunist Republicans See also [ edit ] Political moderate Republican (disambiguation) Republican Party (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
28-688: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Moderate Republicans (Reconstruction era) Moderate Republicans were a faction of American politicians within the Republican Party from the party's founding before the American Civil War in 1854 until the end of Reconstruction in the Compromise of 1877 . They were known for their loyal support of President Abraham Lincoln 's war policies and expressed antipathy towards
42-777: The American Civil War broke out a few months after his victory in the 1860 presidential election . In the critical state elections in Ohio in 1862, the Republicans and War Democrats formed the Union Party . This led to victory over the Democrats , led by Copperhead Clement Vallandigham . However, it caused trouble for Radical Republican Senator Benjamin Wade 's reelection bid. War Democrats opposed Wade's radicalism, and Wade refused to make concessions to their point of view. He
56-516: The 1864 election, they withdrew their ticket for fear that splitting the vote would allow the Copperhead Democrats and their "peace at all costs" ticket to possibly win the election. The National Union ticket won 42 of 54 available Senate seats and 149 of 193 available House of Representatives seats. Following Lincoln's 1865 assassination, Johnson became president. Johnson's Reconstruction policies were lenient compared to those of
70-552: The Civil War. The National Union Party nominated the "former" Republican and incumbent president, Lincoln, for president and former War Democrat Andrew Johnson for vice president. As a result, many War Democrats could support Lincoln's Civil War policies while avoiding the "Republican" ticket. While a large number of Republican dissidents had maintained an entity separate from the National Union Party leading up to
84-610: The Radical Republicans. This dispute represented the conflict that many War Democrats faced, in that they supported the Union, but did not wish to severely punish former Confederates or strongly protect the rights of former slaves. In the 1868 lead up to the first post-Civil War presidential election , President Johnson was a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. However, he finished second in
98-697: The anti-slavery direction that the Northern war effort was taking. Brough telegraphed Washington that he had a 100,000 vote margin over Vallandigham. President Lincoln wired Brough: "Glory to God in the Highest. Ohio has saved the Nation". Recognizing the importance of the War Democrats, the Republican Party changed its name for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election , held during
112-761: The corruption associated with the Grant administration . War Democrat War Democrats in American politics of the 1860s were members of the Democratic Party who supported the Union and rejected the policies of the Copperheads (or Peace Democrats). The War Democrats demanded a more aggressive policy toward the Confederacy and supported the policies of Republican President Abraham Lincoln when
126-456: The expansion of federal authority during the American Civil War . They were also skeptical of the lenient, conciliatory Reconstruction policies of President Andrew Johnson. Some moderate Republicans were previously Radical Republicans who became disenchanted with the alleged corruption of the latter faction. Charles Sumner , a Massachusetts senator who led Radical Republicans in the 1860s, later joined reform-minded moderates as he later opposed
140-654: The moderate Liberal Republicans , later also known as " Half-Breeds ". During the 1864 United States presidential election , amidst the backdrop of the ongoing Civil War, moderate Republicans supported merging the Republican Party with the War Democrats ( Democrats who supported the continuation of the Union war effort) to form the National Union Party alliance. At the Republican National Convention (which operated under
154-501: The more militant stances advocated by the Radical Republicans . According to historian Eric Foner , congressional leaders of the faction were James G. Blaine , John A. Bingham , William P. Fessenden , Lyman Trumbull , and John Sherman . Their constituencies were primarily residents of states outside New England , where Radical Republicanism garnered insufficient support. They included " Conservative Republicans " and
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#1732780324707168-475: The name of the " National Union National Convention " that year), they spearheaded the effort to replace Lincoln's vice president Hannibal Hamlin with Tennessee Democrat Andrew Johnson , acting out of the belief that placing a War Democrat on the presidential ticket would solidify support to ensure Lincoln's re-election. Moderate Republicans were less enthusiastic than Radical Republicans about Black suffrage, even though they otherwise embraced civil equality and
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196-458: Was narrowly reelected by the legislature. In 1863, the Ohio gubernatorial campaign drew national attention. Ohio Republicans and War Democrats were dissatisfied with the leadership of Ohio Governor David Tod , and turned to War Democrat John Brough after he made a strongly pro-Union speech in his hometown of Marietta on June 10, 1863. He was elected to the governorship that fall on a pro-Union ticket, partly due to his stronger support than Tod of
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