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Edmund Ronald Leach
Edmund Ronald Leach 1910-89, British anthropologist, grad. Cambridge (B.A., 1932; M.A., 1938) and Univ. of London (Ph.D., 1947). He was (1957-72) university reader in social anthropology at Cambridge, and in 1972 he was appointed professor. In 1966 he became provost of Kings College. His major area... Read more
Bowles, Samuel
Bowles, Samuel (1826–78), son of Samuel Bowles (1797–1851), founder of The Springfield Republican, a spearhead of liberal Republicans. Incisive letters on his travels were reprinted from his paper as Across the Continent (1865) and The Switzerland of America (1869).... Read more
scalawags
scalawags , derogatory term used in the South after the Civil War to describe native white Southerners who joined the Republican party and aided in carrying out the congressional Reconstruction program. A Republican who came from the north was called a carpetbagger . ... Read more
National Republican party
National Republican party in U.S. history, a short-lived political party opposed to Andrew Jackson . In the election of 1828, which Jackson won overwhelmingly, some of the supporters of his opponent, President John Quincy Adams, called themselves National Republicans. It was under this name that, ... Read more
Presidents of the United States
Presidents of the United States Presidents of the United States President Political Party Dates in Office Vice President(s) George Washington   1789-97 John Adams John Adams ... Read more
Benjamin Gratz Brown
Benjamin Gratz Brown 1826-85, U.S. Senator (1863-67) and governor of Missouri (1871-73), b. Lexington, Ky. An able lawyer in St. Louis, Brown was a leader in the Free-Soil movement in Missouri and later helped form the Republican party there. In the memorable Missouri election of 1870, Brown and hi... Read more
Republican party
Republican party American political party. Origins and Early Years The name was first used by Thomas Jefferson's party, later called the Democratic Republican party or, simply, the Democratic party . The name reappeared in the 1850s, when the present-day Republican party was founded. At ... Read more
Henry Winter Davis
Henry Winter Davis 1817-65, American political leader, b. Annapolis, Md. He was elected (1854) to the House of Representatives on the Know-Nothing ticket and was twice reelected (1856, 1858) with the aid of the Republican party. He tried to remain neutral on the slavery issue, but in 1860 cast the ... Read more
John Vliet Lindsay
John Vliet Lindsay , 1921-2000, American politician, mayor of New York City (1966-73), b. New York City. He practiced law and then served (1955-57) as executive assistant to Attorney General Herbert Brownell. A liberal Republican, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1958 and was r... Read more
Trent Lott
Trent Lott (Chester Trent Lott), 1941-, American politician, b. Grenada, Miss. Lott attended college and law school at the Univ. of Mississippi, then briefly (1967) worked with a private law firm. He entered politics as an assistant to a Democratic Mississippi congressman (1968-72). Already a conse... Read more

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Twelfth Amendment
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...party and the democratic-republican party became bitter rivals...jefferson, a Democratic-Republican, for president, but Jefferson...Amendment. The two Democratic-Republican candidates — Thomas...Alison M. MacDonald. 1994."Rethink-ing Article II, Section...
Arthur Burns
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Arthur Burns Having occupied important positions in every Republican administration from the end of World War II to the mid...accelerate. This placed Burns squarely in the camp of moderate Republicans who then were supporting General Dwight D. Eisenhower for...the nation throughout the 1970s and cause ...
American Anti‐Slavery Society
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...1840. The violence of the 1850s caused many AASS members to rethink their commitment to moral suasion. Frederick Douglass rejected...the eve of the Civil War , Garrison and others endorsed the Republican party and supported John Brown 's raid. While some Garrisonians...

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Bill of Rights in U.S. Constitution
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...also contained language that stated fundamental principles of republican government. Prior to the adoption of the Massachusetts constitution...but as the ratification campaign progressed, they began to rethink their position. In states where the two sides were closely...

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Republicans rethink the future.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Record (Kitchener, Ontario); 11/6/2008; 700+ words ; ...Barack Obama won in traditionally Republican states like Indiana and gained...fast-growing Hispanic bloc that Republicans have courted. In Congress, House...seat in the Northeast. Senate Republicans, for their part, will lose at least five seats, although the Republican blocked a complete Senate ...
Republicans rethink. (American Survey)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/30/1993; 700+ words ; ...practising the Hillary nod--leading Republicans are behaving like scorpions in...fratricidal state of the party as the Republican National Committee gathers in St...16 points. Kevin Phillips, a Republican strategist turned non-partisan...personality. Over the last 25 years the Republicans have ...
Republicans rethink environmental law overhaul
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/21/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...some of the most conservative House Republicans. The proposals would change the...whom have accused congressional Republicans of trying to roll back federal protections...and radio ad campaign against 16 Republican incumbents they consider vulnerable...135 members receiving zeros were Republicans, ...
Cast Out of Washington, Republicans Rethink.(; People To Watch: GOP Governors)
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 1/5/2009; ; 700+ words ; Byline: Andrew Romano For most Republicans, losing 21 seats in the House...cause for celebration. But most Republicans aren't governors. When the GOP...in mid-November for the annual Republican Governors Association conference...party in 2012. While these rising Republican stars generally agree on a ...
Republicans Rethink Structure of Presidential Primaries
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 6/5/1996; 700+ words ; ...compressed process, in which 27 Republican state primaries were held within...produce a nominee quickly. But the Republicans are rethinking the idea and Democrats...entire states out of the process. Republican National Committee Chairman Haley...fixed. HALEY BARBOUR, Chairman, Republican National ...
Republicans rethink rush on Waco report: Bold reform vows vanish after tepid hearings.(Nation)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/12/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...law enforcement's conduct in the Branch Davidian siege, Republicans have soft-pedaled pursuit of a follow-up report and in...scheduled days of hearings to 10 days. Little was revealed. And Republicans were embarrassed when Democrats exposed the free research...
Republicans rethink environmental strategy. (regulatory reform)
Magazine article from: Chemical Week; 1/3/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...efforts, including reauthorization of Superfund and repeal of the Delaney clause, that remain incomplete after the Republican majority term in Congress. Congressional and industry sources say a misguided GOP strategy on the environment and overzealous...repealing it," he says. Environmental groups, EPA Administrator ...
Republicans should rethink plan to strafe Clinton on Kosovo
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/6/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...With this motivation, the largely Republican group is again overreaching in their...clutches. Outside the courtroom, Republican Roscoe Bartlett, a Republican from Maryland, defended the suit...impeach him." Bartlett and other Republicans with a single-minded dislike of...
Republicans to rethink strategy for November; Bruno's retirement may put party at disadvantage in raising money for fall election.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 6/25/2008; 700+ words ; ...Bruno's decision to retire puts Republicans at a disadvantage and places a significant...to have his fellow Nassau County Republican in charge of the GOP-dominated...section at the Saratoga Racetrack. A Republican insider disputed that notion, saying...leader, spoke of en larging the Republican ...
Pauley on Politics: Time for republican rethink on weapons.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 4/3/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...president says that no "sensible republican" wants to see the resumption of the...presumably, would any "sensible republican" dare to rock the boat by calling...Friday package is essential. "But the republican movement, it seems, doesn't want...by late May. In the light of the republicans' ...