Party History
Both major parties formed in the nineteenth century and have since seen major changes in supporters, policies, and fortunes. Examine important aspects of the history of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. What were important policy positions of the past? What were their triumphs and failures? Who were important figures and what were there contributions? How have the two parties changed over time?
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Dixiecrats and the GOP. (Comment). (Trent Lott's misstep) Diane McWhorter. The Nation Jan 27, 2003 v276 i3 p7 Mag.Coll.: 112L0116.
Dixie Blues: Making sense of Lott -- and the South. (Trent Lott) RICHARD BROOKHISER. National Review Dec 31, 2002 v54 i25 pNA Mag.Coll.: 112E0321.
DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN. (Obituary) Nicholas Lemann. The New Yorker April 7, 2003 v79 i7 p098
A Man Out of Time: Trent Lott and the GOP grew up together in the South. They both have a painful secret. (Biography) Jon Meacham. Newsweek Dec 23, 2002 p26
The populist fantasy: wrong history, wrong politics. (Populism A Dialogue). Sean Wilentz. The American Prospect Oct 7, 2002 v13 i18 p33(3)
"Prairies on Fire": the organization of the 1856 mass republican rally in Beloit, Wisconsin. Michael D. Pierson. Civil War History June 2002 v48 i2 p101(23)
The Full Strom. (Strom Thurmond and the history of Southern politics) Lewis Lord. U.S. News & World Report Sept 17, 2001 p34 Mag.Coll.: 108G1221. Bus.Coll.: 134Y0491.
Deja Vu: Revisiting the 1876 Presidential Election. (comparison with 2000, United States) JEREMY F. PLANT. USA Today (Magazine) May 2001 v129 i2672 p16 Mag.Coll.: 107J0745.
WHEN FOREIGN POLICY WAS THE FOCUS. (Brief Article) RICHARD E. COHEN. National Journal Jan 13, 2001 v33 i2 p124
The Spirit of '76 - Why W. won't stop an emerging Democratic majority. (presidential campaign) John B. Judis. The New Republic Nov 6, 2000 p27 Mag.Coll.: 105J0148.
All in the Family: THE DYNASTIES: George W. Bush will accept GOP nomination as a personal victory and as a proud chapter in his family tradition. His generation has now taken control of American politics, but clans like the Bushes link the new era with the past. An exclusive gallery of Republican families. (National Affairs)(Brief Article) Newsweek August 7, 2000 p49 Mag.Coll.: 103L0634. Bus.Coll.: 126R0614.
Cheers, Jeers, And Fears in San Francisco. (Brief Article) BURT SOLOMON. National Journal August 5, 2000 v32 i32 p2556
Reagan and Ford Flirt, But It's Bush. (Brief Article) CARL M. CANNON. National Journal August 5, 2000 v32 i32 p2558
Republican Gains in the House in the 1994 Elections: Class Polarization in American Politics. JEFFREY M. STONECASH, MACK D. MARIANI. Political Science Quarterly Spring 2000 v115 i1 p93
Gingrich Lost and Found. (former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich) Todd Lindberg. Policy Review April-May 1999 pNA
Dewey defeats Dewey; 1948: fifty years ago. (inaccurate prediction that New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey would defeat Pres. Harry S. Truman in the presidential election)(The Time Machine: November)(Brief Article) Frederic D. Schwarz. American Heritage Nov 1998 v49 n7 p105(2)
The moderates in the League of Nations battle: an overlooked faction. Herbert F. Margulies. The Historian Wntr 1998 v60 n2 p273(15)
1946: Republicans capture Congress. Frederic D. Schwarz. American Heritage Nov 1996 v47 n7 p161(3) Mag.Coll.: 87B1924.
The risks of "third-way" politics. (Forum: The Clinton Presidency) Stephen Skowronek. Society Sept-Oct 1996 v33 n6 p32(5) Mag.Coll.: 85G3877.
Two are two, and all alone. (America's Political Parties) The Economist (US) May 18, 1996 v339 n7966 p23(3)
In Rockefeller's shadow. (influence of Nelson Rockefeller legacy on the Republican Party)(Lexington)(Column) The Economist (US) April 6, 1996 v339 n7960 p34(1)
Daddy's boy: the roots of Pat Buchanan's authoritarianism. (Cover Story) Charles Lane. The New Republic Jan 22, 1996 v214 n4 p15(8) Mag.Coll.: 82D0260.
Silver, discontent, and conspiracy: the ideology of the Western Republican Revolt of 1890-1901. Bradley J. Young. Pacific Historical Review May 1995 v64 n2 p243(23)
The lives of the parties. (history of the American 2-party system) Bernard A. Weisberger. American Heritage Sept 1992 v43 n5 p43(12) Mag.Coll.: 65H2450.
The pardon; Nixon, Ford, Haig and the transfer of power. Seymour Hersh. The Atlantic August 1983 v252 p55(21) Mag.Coll.: 25G1903.
Drafting Lyndon Johnson: The President's Secret Role in the 1968 Democratic Convention. JUSTIN A. NELSON. Presidential Studies Quarterly Dec 2000 v30 i4 p688
Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896-1900. DAVID T. BEITO, LINDA ROYSTER BEITO. Independent Review Spring 2000 v4 i4 p555
The Forgotten Forerunner. (William Jennings Bryan) Michael Kazin. The Wilson Quarterly Autumn 1999 v23 i4 p25
To purge or not to purge: Hamlet Harry and the Dixiecrats, 1948-1952. (Harry Truman)(Rules of the Game: How to Play the Presidency) Sean J. Savage. Presidential Studies Quarterly Fall 1997 v27 n4 p773(18)
A Democratic Nixon? (President Bill Clinton; President Richard M. Nixon)(American Survey) The Economist (US) Nov 2, 1996 v341 n7990 p25(2)
The old guard vs. the insurgents: in 1968, the Democrats battled one another. (Democratic National Convention) Mel Elfin. U.S. News & World Report Sept 2, 1996 v121 n9 p28(3) Mag.Coll.: 85C0423. Bus.Coll.: 95Y0950.
A different May Daley: Chicago today. (Democratic National Conventions of 1968 and 1996; Richard J. Daley)(Brief Article) Warren Cohen. U.S. News & World Report Sept 2, 1996 v121 n9 p30(1) Mag.Coll.: 85C0425. Bus.Coll.: 95Y0952.
The Wallace case. (50th anniversary of Democratic Party's Jul 21, 1944 selection of Harry S. Truman to replace Henry Wallace as Franklin Roosevelt's running mate) Arnold Beichman. National Review August 1, 1994 v46 n14 p52(3) Mag.Coll.: 74L0929.
'A snarling roughhouse:' the Democratic convention of 1924. Edward Ranson. History Today July 1994 v44 n7 p27(7) Mag.Coll.: 74H0384.
The lives of the parties. (history of the American 2-party system) Bernard A. Weisberger. American Heritage Sept 1992 v43 n5 p43(12) Mag.Coll.: 65H2450.
FDR the dwarf? Today's twerp is tomorrow's giant. (presidents' legacies) David Seideman. The New Republic Feb 29, 1988 v198 n9 p18(2) Mag.Coll.: 43E0823.
Ass backward: a bestiary of Democratic money men. Robert Kuttner. The New Republic April 22, 1985 v192 p18(5) Mag.Coll.: 27D0099.
A man of the party: George McGovern and the uses of the past. Sidney Blumenthal. The New Republic March 5, 1984 v190 p15(4) Mag.Coll.: 21G2811. |
