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Gilded Age Politics Party Politics Reform Garfield and Arthur Blaine and Cleveland Cleveland and Reform Harrison and the Surplus Cleveland Back Again

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Republicans

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More Conservative

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Republicans More Conservative Native Born White or Southern Black

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Republicans More Conservative Native Born White or Southern Black Probably a Protestant

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Republicans More Conservative Native Born White or Southern Black Probably a Protestant Possibly a Union Civil War Veteran

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Republicans More Conservative Native Born White or Southern Black Probably a Protestant Possibly a Union Civil War Veteran Most Progressive Reformers were Republicans

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Democrats

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More Liberal

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Democrats More Liberal Less inclined to interfere with Business

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Democrats More Liberal Less inclined to interfere with Business Most outsiders were Democrats

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Democrats More Liberal Less inclined to interfere with Business Most outsiders were Democrats Almost all Southern Whites

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Democrats More Liberal Less inclined to interfere with Business Most outsiders were Democrats Almost all Southern Whites Most Immigrants and Roman Catholics were also Democrats, as were Jews

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Party Politics

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Republicans split into two camps

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Party Politics Republicans split into two camps Stalwarts- led by Roscoe P. Conkling

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Party Politics Republicans split into two camps Stalwarts- led by Roscoe P. Conkling Half-Breeds- led by James G. Blaine

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U.S. Grant

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James G. Blaine

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James A. Garfield

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Chester A. Arthur

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BlaineJames G. Blaine

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Grover Cleveland

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Interstate Commerce Act 1887 Created to regulate rates on railroads, but largely a government agency with no enforcement power.

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Benjamin Harrison

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William McKinley

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Grover Cleveland