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21401
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During the rise of Democrats over Whigs between 1848 and 1850, the possibility that free suffrage might have been repealed, has been deemed by historians to not have been a significant factor. It is has been understood that David S. Reid, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, and William W. Holden, editor on the 'North Carolina Standard,' were able to lure Whigs who opposed free suffrage to the Democratic cause. In actuality, reform issues divided eastern and western Whigs who differed on the free suffrage issue. Holden also used his newspaper to slant Whig perception toward free suffrage in the 1848 and 1850 elections.
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21385
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During the 1894 and 1896 North Carolina state elections, Republican and Populist Parties joined in an attempt to gain control of the legislature from the Democratic Party. The merging was not a successful one as the two parties bickered over issues including business regulation, the gold standard, and race relations. They also argued about specific state issues such as local government, patronage, education, taxes, lynching, and railroads.
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21346
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During the Antebellum period in North Carolina, internal improvements for the state were impacted little by party affiliations in the state legislature. Year by year analyses of the state legislature during this period determined that sectionalism was much more important in determining the success of legislation. These analyses demonstrate how difficult it was for multisectional parties to address sectional issues such as internal improvements.
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21355
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The North Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary campaign of 1920 demonstrates the conservative-progressive split which happened in the state's Democratic Party. Three main issues divided the candidates: 'machine' politics, women's suffrage and state press coverage of the campaign.
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21292
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The North Carolina Fifth District's 1946 Democratic congressional primary as a tough race between Congressman John H. Folger and Richard T. Chatham. Folger was a strong supporter of Roosevelt's New Deal legislation, while Chatham was a conservative industrialist from Winston-Salem. The main conflict between the two concerned business versus labor interests in the Fifth District. Folger narrowly won the primary but was ousted by Chatham in 1948.
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21305
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In North Carolina politics between 1835 and 1861, a close two-party system that mimicked the national stage existed. Senatorial elections in the state legislature were a constant example of the rivalry between the Whig and Democratic parties. These elections were often riddled with questions of personal, regional, and ideological alliances, both within each party and between.
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Administration of Justice Bulletin (NoCar KFN 7908 .A15 U6), Vol. 53 Issue 2, 1976, p168-192 , por, f
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21319
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In the 1896 gubernatorial race, black Republican voters were divided over the candidacy of Daniel L. Russell. Conservative black Republicans opposed Russell because of his wish of fusion with the Populist Party and detesting his public racial insults. Others favored fusion with the Populists as a means of avoiding Democratic dominance and the expected racial prejudice. A victorious Russell was brought about by good organizational tactics and a bulk of black voters brought over by Democratic anti-black campaign rhetoric.
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19857
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This article looks at the suffrage of former slaves in the South after the end of the Civil War and its social and political impacts. It is broken into sections that focus on Democratic control of suffrage, the populist-republican fusion, the impact of fusion rule, and the return of the Democrats to power.
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