Conway-Johnson political faction in Arkansas
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The Conway-Johnson political faction in Arkansas was a dominant early 19th-century Democratic-Republican (later Democratic) political alliance centered around the influential Conway and Johnson families, which controlled much of the territory’s and early state’s politics through an extensive patronage network.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political alliance
ⓘ
political faction ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithOffice |
Arkansas territorial delegate to the U.S. Congress
ⓘ
Governor of Arkansas ⓘ United States Senator from Arkansas ⓘ |
| basedOnFamily |
Conway family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johnson family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controls |
early state patronage network in Arkansas
ⓘ
territorial patronage network in Arkansas ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| dominantIn |
Arkansas territorial politics
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early Arkansas state politics ⓘ |
| emergedFrom | Democratic-Republican Party in Arkansas Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ambrose Hundley Sevier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benjamin Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Elias Nelson Conway NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Wharton Conway NERFINISHED ⓘ James Sevier Conway NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Ward Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas James Churchill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalIdeology |
Democratic Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Democratic-Republican NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalOrientation |
pro-Democratic
ⓘ
pro-Jacksonian ⓘ |
| helpedEstablish | Democratic dominance in early Arkansas politics ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | American Old Southwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of family-based political machine in the antebellum South ⓘ |
| influenced |
distribution of land offices in Arkansas
ⓘ
judicial appointments in Arkansas ⓘ selection of territorial and state officials in Arkansas ⓘ |
| laterAffiliatedWith | Democratic Party in Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arkansas
ⓘ
Arkansas Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | political conflict culminating in the 1827 duel between Henry Wharton Conway and Robert Crittenden ⓘ |
| politicalLineage | aligned with Andrew Jackson’s Democratic Party ⓘ |
| powerBase |
officeholding network in Arkansas Territory
ⓘ
planter elite in Arkansas ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Johnson political family of Kentucky and Arkansas
NERFINISHED
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Sevier family in Arkansas politics ⓘ |
| rivalFaction | Crittenden political faction in Arkansas ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
executive branch of Arkansas territorial government
ⓘ
legislative politics in early Arkansas statehood ⓘ |
| usesStrategy |
control of federal and territorial appointments
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family-based patronage ⓘ |
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