Mugwumps

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The Mugwumps were a group of reform-minded Republican political activists in the 1880s who broke with their party to support civil service reform and oppose corruption, notably backing Democrat Grover Cleveland for president.

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Mugwumps canonical 3
The Mugwumps 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political faction
reform movement
activeInPeriod 1880s
associatedWithIssue civil service examinations
merit-based appointments
characterizedByOpponentsAs political traitors
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criticized James G. Blaine's record on corruption
declineAfter election of 1884
geographicBase New England NERFINISHED
New York NERFINISHED
Northeastern United States NERFINISHED
historicalContext Gilded Age politics
influenced Progressive Era reformers
influencedBy Progressive reform ideas
languageOfName English
legacy early model for bipartisan reform coalitions
symbol of political independence
motivatedBy desire for honest government
opposition to patronage system
nameUsedAs political epithet
notableElection United States presidential election of 1884 NERFINISHED
notableMember Carl Schurz NERFINISHED
Charles Francis Adams Jr. NERFINISHED
E. L. Godkin NERFINISHED
George William Curtis NERFINISHED
opposed corruption in government
opposedCandidate James G. Blaine NERFINISHED
opposedPartyNomineeOf Republican Party NERFINISHED
opposedPractice spoils system
politicalAlignment Republican Party dissidents
politicalOrientation anti-machine politics
classical liberal
politicalStrategy cross-party voting
independent voting
relatedConcept civil service reform movement in the United States
spoils system
selfImage independent reformers
socialBase intellectuals
journalists
upper-middle-class professionals
supportedCandidate Grover Cleveland NERFINISHED
supportedPartyInElection Democratic Party NERFINISHED
supportedPolicy civil service reform
supportedPublication Harper's Weekly NERFINISHED
The Nation NERFINISHED
timeOfPeakInfluence 1884

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