Bourbon Democrat
Bourbon Democrat was a term used in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for politicians from the Democratic Party who were supporters of conservatism or more of classical liberalism . The name was derived from Kentucky bourbon whiskey or the Bourbon dynasty that ruled large parts of the southern states . The so-called politicians differed from the Republicans in that they advocated free trade , while the Republicans protectionismadvocated. They also rejected imperialism and called for a stronger fight against corruption.
This significant wing of the Democrats included both reactionary southerners and pro-business northerners . These supported the interests of the wealthy and were against state aid for the poor. If the nominated Democrat was not a Bourbon, he regularly received only a third of the funding for the election campaign. The Bourbon Democrats led one-party rule in the southern states for decades, and electoral success was guaranteed by racial segregation and withholding the right to vote for African Americans .
Well-known representatives
- Samuel J. Tilden , New York State Governor and presidential candidate in 1876 , lost to Rutherford B. Hayes .
- Grover Cleveland 22nd and 24th President of the United States , had the military put an end to the largest strike in US history, known as the Pullman Strike , in 1894 .
- Alton B. Parker , 1904 presidential candidate , whom he lost to Theodore Roosevelt .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Paul Krugman : After Bush. The end of the neoconservatives and the hour of the democrats. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 9783593385655 , p. 29ff.
- ^ Willi Paul Adams: The USA in the 20th Century. Verlag Oldenbourg, Munich 2007, ISBN 9783486584660 , p. 29.
literature
- Horace Samuel Merrill: Bourbon Leader. Grover Cleveland and the Democratic Party. Little Brown, Boston 1957.
- Horace Samuel Merrill: Bourbon democracy of the Middle West, 1865-1896. Louisiana State University Press, 1953.