The United States Liberal Republican Party was a political party formed in 1872 to oppose the administration of the then-current President, Ulysses S. Grant. The party's candidate in that year's presidential election was New York Times editor Horace Greeley. Following his nomination by the Liberal Republicans, Greeley was also nominated by the Democratic Party. By 1876, the Liberal Republican Party had ceased to exist. However, many political scientists believe that, by loosening the allegiance of liberal elements to the Republican Party, the Liberal Republicans made it possible for these elements to subsequently move to the Democratic Party.
The LiberalRepublicanParty of the United States was a political party formed in 1872 to oppose the reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant.
Many of the original founders of the Republicanparty and leaders of the Civil War joined the movement, including its nominee Horace Greeley, Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, Cassius Marcellus Clay of Kentucky, and Charles Francis Adams of Massachusetts.
The Democrats and their LiberalRepublican allies feared the war was a tragedy, They recoiled against centralization, and sought to recapture the purity of prewar days through reconciliation and respect for the autonomy of the states.
The party opposed the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the extension of slavery, denounced the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott Case, and favored the admission of Kansas as a free state.
The RepublicanParty was established in 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a vision for modernizing the United States.
The RepublicanParty has demanded reforms in the UN and opposes the Kyoto Protocol because of the Protocol's uneven application to countries around the world, on the claim they believe it is likely to slow economic growth and the reduction of poverty, and because of disputes concerning the science behind it.
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