Gilded Age Politics

• Party Politics

• Reform

• Garfield and Arthur

• Blaine and Cleveland

• Cleveland and Reform

• Harrison and the Surplus

• Cleveland Back Again

Republicans

Republicans

• More Conservative

Republicans

• More Conservative

• Native Born White or Southern Black

Republicans

• More Conservative

• Native Born White or Southern Black

• Probably a Protestant

Republicans

• More Conservative

• Native Born White or Southern Black

• Probably a Protestant

• Possibly a Union Civil War Veteran

Republicans

• More Conservative

• Native Born White or Southern Black

• Probably a Protestant

• Possibly a Union Civil War Veteran

• Most Progressive Reformers were Republicans

Democrats

Democrats

• More Liberal

Democrats

• More Liberal

• Less inclined to interfere with Business

Democrats

• More Liberal

• Less inclined to interfere with Business

• Most outsiders were Democrats

Democrats

• More Liberal

• Less inclined to interfere with Business

• Most outsiders were Democrats

• Almost all Southern Whites

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

Party Politics

Party Politics

• Republicans split into two camps

Party Politics

• Republicans split into two camps

• Stalwarts- led by Roscoe P. Conkling

Party Politics

• Republicans split into two camps

• Stalwarts- led by Roscoe P. Conkling

• Half-Breeds- led by James G. Blaine

U.S. Grant

James G. Blaine

James A. Garfield

Chester A. Arthur

BlaineJames G. Blaine

Grover Cleveland

Interstate Commerce Act1887

• Created to regulate rates on railroads, but largely a government agency with no enforcement power.

Benjamin Harrison

William McKinley

Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland