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Throughout the 20th century, Southern factions within the Democratic Party emerged and held significant power around the issue of civil rights, segregation, and other issues. These included the conservative coalition (1930s–1960s), the Solid South (1870s–1960s), Dixiecrats (1940s), and the boll weevils (1980s).
Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the Southern United States. [1] Before the American Civil War, Southern Democrats were mostly whites living in the South who believed in Jacksonian democracy.
During the American Civil War, the Democratic Party split into several factions: [46] The Fire-Eaters were Southern Democrats who promoted the idea of Southern secession prior to the American Civil War. They sought to preserve slavery throughout the United States.
Before 1948, Southern Democrats believed that their party, with its respect for states' rights and appreciation of traditional southern values, was the defender of the Southern way of life. Southern Democrats warned against aggressive designs on the part of Northern liberals and Republicans and civil rights activists whom they denounced as ...
Aug 18, 2017 · But when President Harry S. Truman, a Democratic Southerner, introduced a pro-civil rights platform at the party’s 1948 convention, a faction walked out.
- Becky Little
Apr 4, 2018 · At the party’s national convention in 1860, Southern Democrats nominated John C. Breckinridge, while Northern Democrats backed Stephen Douglas.
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In June of 1860 the Democratic Party met in Baltimore to attempt forming a unified party platform. Compromise could not be reached. The “Southern” wing of the party wanted a federal slave code instituted.
