"Straight-Out Democratic Party" (or "Straightout Democratic Party") is the name used by three minor American political parties between 1872 and 1890.
The first Straight-Out Democratic Party played a minor role in the U.S. presidential election of 1872. An unrelated Straightout Democrat (no hyphen) faction of the South Carolina Democratic Party triumphed in the 1876 South Carolina gubernatorial election, and a revival of the 1876 party played a minor role in the 1890 South Carolina gubernatorial election. The Straightout Democrat was also a newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, active between 1878 and 1879.
1872 national party
The Straight-Out Democratic Party was a Southern faction that broke with the Democratic Party in the 1872 presidential election. Dissatisfied with the Democratic Party throwing their support to the Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley, they held a convention on August 16 in Louisville, Kentucky; 604 delegates from all states attended. The delegates nominated for President Charles O'Conor (who informed them by telegram that he would not accept their nomination) and for Vice President John Quincy Adams II.[1]
Philosophy
In a letter accepting his nomination, Adams provided a lengthy description of the party's philosophy:
1876 South Carolina gubernatorial election
In the 1876 South Carolina gubernatorial election, the Straightout Democrats (no hyphen) were an activist faction that succeeded in taking control of the party. They sometimes wore red shirts to show their support for the paramilitary white supremacist groups known as Red Shirts, who used violence and the threat of violence to prevent blacks from voting. Their candidate, Wade Hampton III, became governor.
1890 South Carolina gubernatorial election
An unsuccessful breakaway group of Democrats in the 1890 South Carolina gubernatorial election called themselves the Straightout Democrats. They wore red shirts in memory of the 1876 party.
Newspaper
The Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller was the name of a newspaper published in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1872.[4]
The Straight-Out Democrat was the name of a newspaper published in Columbia, South Carolina, between 1878 and 1879.[5]
References
- ↑ Chronicler (pseudonym) (3 December 2008). "US President - Straight-Out Democratic Convention". Our Campaigns. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ J. Q. Adams (October 3, 1872). "Letter to William C. Moreau, Chairman of a Committee of the Convention at Louisville". New York Times. p. 5. Archived from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- ↑ Leip, Dave. "1872 Presidential General Election Result, Atlas of U. S. Presidential Elections". Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ "About Delaware straight-out truth teller. ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1872-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress.
- ↑ Library of Congress. "Chronicling America. Historic American Newspapers". Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
External links
- "The Democratic Wake". The New York Times. 9 July 1872.