Southern Democrats

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conservative Democrats political faction

Southern Democrats were a conservative faction within the U.S. Democratic Party, primarily from the South, known for defending segregation and states’ rights and often resisting liberal civil rights and social welfare initiatives.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Southern Democrats canonical	13
Southern Democrat	6
Southern Democratic Party	3
Bourbon Democrats	1
Conservative Democrats	1
Democratic Party (Solid South)	1
Democratic Party in the Southern United States	1
Dixiecrats	1
Solid South	1
Solid South political alignment	1
Southern Democratic bloc	1
Southern Democrats (historical)	1
Southern United States politics	1
Southern white Democrats	1
dominated Southern politics from late 19th century to mid-20th century	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conservative Democrats ⓘ political faction ⓘ
alliedWith	local segregationist organizations in the South ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
declineCause	national Democratic Party support for civil rights ⓘ realignment of white Southern voters toward the Republican Party ⓘ
electoralBase	Southern planters and landowners ⓘ rural Southern constituencies ⓘ segregationist local political machines ⓘ white voters in the American South ⓘ
electoralPattern	Southern Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: dominated Southern politics from late 19th century to mid-20th century formed the core of the Solid South voting bloc ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ
ideology	conservatism ⓘ segregationism ⓘ states’ rights ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ
influentialEra	Civil Rights era ⓘ Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Jim Crow era New Deal ⓘ surface form: New Deal era Reconstruction era ⓘ
notableMember	George Wallace ⓘ Harry F. Byrd Sr. ⓘ Herman Talmadge ⓘ James Eastland ⓘ John C. Stennis ⓘ Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ Orval Faubus ⓘ Richard Russell Jr. ⓘ Russell B. Long ⓘ Sam Ervin ⓘ Strom Thurmond ⓘ
opposedPolicy	Civil Rights Act of 1957 ⓘ Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
partOf	Democratic Party ⓘ
positionOn	defended racial segregation ⓘ favored Jim Crow laws ⓘ favored limited federal government intervention ⓘ often opposed liberal social welfare programs ⓘ often supported anti-union policies in the South ⓘ often supported low taxes for landowners ⓘ opposed to federal civil rights legislation ⓘ resisted school desegregation ⓘ supported agricultural interests ⓘ
region	American South (19th and early 20th centuries) ⓘ surface form: American South
relatedMovement	Southern Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dixiecrats Southern Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Solid South
relationshipToNewDeal	opposed New Deal civil rights initiatives ⓘ supported many economic New Deal programs ⓘ
relationshipToPresidents	increasingly conflicted with Democratic presidents over civil rights after World War II ⓘ were a key base for Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
roleInCongress	controlled key committee chairmanships in U.S. Congress for decades ⓘ often blocked liberal legislation at the committee level ⓘ
successor	Southern Republicans ⓘ
supportedPolicy	disenfranchisement of African Americans ⓘ literacy tests for voting ⓘ poll taxes ⓘ
tactic	Senate filibusters against civil rights bills ⓘ use of states’ rights rhetoric to block federal intervention ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fair Deal → opposedBy → Southern Democrats ⓘ

American South (19th and early 20th centuries) → dominantPoliticalParty → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic Party (Solid South)

Southern Democrats → relatedMovement → Southern Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dixiecrats

Southern Democrats → relatedMovement → Southern Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solid South

Southern Democrats → electoralPattern → Southern Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: dominated Southern politics from late 19th century to mid-20th century

Reconstruction era → opposedBy → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern white Democrats

Southern Republicans → opposedTo → Southern Democrats ⓘ

Southern Republicans → historicalPredecessor → Southern Democrats ⓘ

Civil Rights Act of 1957 → opposedBy → Southern Democrats ⓘ

Compromise of 1877 → participant → Southern Democrats ⓘ

Compromise of 1877 → followedBy → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solid South political alignment

Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) → hasMainSubject → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic Party in the Southern United States

Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) → participant → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conservative Democrats

Richard Russell Jr. → politicalAlignment → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Democrat

Richard Russell Jr. → sphereOfInfluence → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern United States politics

Joseph T. Robinson → politicalAlignment → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Democrat

James Eastland → memberOf → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Democratic bloc

White League → supportedBy → Southern Democrats ⓘ

Redeemer movement → hasPart → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bourbon Democrats

John C. Breckinridge → memberOfPoliticalParty → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Democratic Party

New Deal Democrat → associatedWith → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Democrats (historical)

Homestead Act of 1862 → politicalOppositionFrom → Southern Democrats ⓘ

Southern Manifesto → issuedBy → Southern Democrats ⓘ

Joseph Wheeler → ideology → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Democrat

Carl Vinson → ideology → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Democrat

Ned McWherter → politicalIdeology → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Democrat

Nullifier Party → succeededBy → Southern Democrats ⓘ

1860 United States presidential election → partyOfJohnCBreckinridge → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Democratic Party

Northern Democratic Party → opposedTo → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Democratic Party

Democratic Party in Alabama → alignedWith (historical faction) → Southern Democrats ⓘ

LeRoy Collins → politicalAlignment → Southern Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Democrat

John Slidell → partOf → Southern Democrats ⓘ

Wilmot Proviso → opposedBy → Southern Democrats ⓘ