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The United States presidential election of 1860 formalized the split in the Democratic Party and brought about the American Civil War. [2] After the Reconstruction Era ended in the late 1870s, so-called redeemers were Southern Democrats who controlled all the southern states and disenfranchised African-Americans.
[1] [2] During this period, the Democratic Party controlled southern state legislatures and most local, state and federal officeholders in the South were Democrats. During the late 19th century and the early 20th century, Southern Democrats disenfranchised nearly all blacks in all the former states of the Confederate States of America.
Pages in category "Southern Democrats" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Robert Byrd; C.
Before 1948, Southern Democrats believed that their stance on states' rights and appreciation of traditional southern values, was the defender of the southern way of life. Southern Democrats warned against designs on the part of northern liberals, Republicans (including Southern Republicans), and civil rights activists, whom they denounced as ...
The Southern Democrats mostly opposed the Northern and Western politicians regardless of party affiliation—and their Presidents (Kennedy and Johnson)—on civil rights issues. At the same time, passage of the Civil Rights Act caused many black voters to join the Democratic Party, which moved the party and its nominees in a progressive ...
Historical factions of the Democratic Party include the founding Jacksonians, the Copperheads and War Democrats during the American Civil War, the Redeemers, Bourbon Democrats, and Silverites in the late-19th century, and the Southern Democrats and New Deal Democrats in the 20th century.
The Southern Democrats who had boycotted, or walked out of, the Baltimore convention held their own separate convention and adopted a pro-slavery platform, and nominated incumbent Vice President John C. Breckinridge for president, with Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon as vice president.
Joined the Republican Party in 2009, but returned to the Democratic Party in 2014. [410] 2012 – Artur Davis, former U.S. representative from Alabama (2003–2011). Joined the Republican Party in 2012, but returned to the Democratic Party in 2015. [411] 2015 – Joe Baca, former U.S. representative from California (1999–2013). Joined the ...