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mugwumps
mugwumps, slang term in U.S. political history for the Republicans who in 1884 deserted their party nominee, James G. Blaine, to vote for the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland.

See L. W. Peterson, The Day of the Mugwump (1961).

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Mugwumps: Public Moralists of the Gilded Age
Jun 01, 1999; Mugwumps: Public Moralists of the Gilded Age by David M. Tucker University of Missouri Press 1998 . 160 pages * $27.50 Reviewed...
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Mugwumps
Jan 01, 2001; Mugwumps, late nineteenth‐century reformers who blamed partisanship for the rampant corruption of Gilded Age politics.By...
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Mugwump
Jan 01, 2003; MUGWUMP MUGWUMP. A Natick Indian word signifying "great chief" and used by the Puritan missionary John Eliot in his Algonquian...
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You just can't keep a good Mugwump down County approves permits for area's biggest house party.(News)
Jul 16, 2003; Byline: Stacy St. Clair Daily Herald Staff Writer Party on, Mugwumps. DuPage County has given its blessing to the annual blowout...
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Mugwump Contract
Mar 24, 1995; Albert Pena La Prensa de San Antonio 03-24-1995 Mugwump Contract. During an earlier era the Republican Congressional majorities...
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