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- Title
"The Old Democrat Principles": Samuel Townsend and the Delaware Democratic Party, 1836-1881.
- Authors
Bendler, Bruce
- Abstract
The article presents an examination into the political career of the 19th-century Delaware politician and businessman Samuel Townsend. Details are given highlighting his public life from 1836 to 1881, using him as an example of the drastic changes in the political culture of the state before and after the U.S. Civil War. Subjects addressed include his actions against the temperance movement, his involvement in the political rivalry between the Whig and Democratic parties, and his negative racial ideologies.
- Subjects
DELAWARE; UNITED States; TOWNSEND, Samuel; AMERICAN politicians; WHIG Party (U.S.); DEMOCRATIC Party (U.S.); POLITICAL culture; DELAWARE state politics &; government; POLITICAL culture -- History
- Publication
Delaware History, 2010, Vol 33, Issue 1, p23
- ISSN
0011-7765
- Publication type
Article