vcczar Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 AP Gorman (MD-D) first was known as a professional baseball player for the Washington Nationals. He went into politics upon retirement and became a prominent Bourbon Democrat, a sort of rebranding of the Democratic Party, in which it attempted to move beyond the Civil War and focus on limited government, free trade, and just anything to defeat the GOP. It opposed populism. Gorman, unfortunately, shares the overt racism of Southern Democrats of his time. Many Democrats c. 1900 in MD were hoping to form a coalition with Black Republicans in the state as the GOP was mostly ignoring Blacks by now, but Gorman strongly opposed any black influence in US politics. A statement on just about all Bourbon Democrats. While most Bourbon Democrat didn't focus on race, almost 100% of them opposed doing anything specifically aimed at helping blacks. For political reasons, they often specifically worked at empowering Southern Whites at the disadvantage of Southern Blacks. This was mainly to keep more Democrats from becoming populists. His actions: Gorman, Arthur P. 1880 Fmr professional baseball player becomes US Sen; a lead Bourbon Democrat Gorman, Arthur P. 1881 head of MD Dem state organization Gorman, Arthur P. 1884 Campaign manager for Cleveland's nomination for pres, while also leading DNC Gorman, Arthur P. 1888 voices admin tariff policy at convention Gorman, Arthur P. 1889 Opposes political influence for blacks, stating that the nation is for whites and rules by whites Gorman, Arthur P. 1890 Senate Democratic Caucus Chairman Gorman, Arthur P. 1890 bargains with GOP on tariff Gorman, Arthur P. 1892 Dem Pres Cand Gorman, Arthur P. 1893 promotes silver compromise Gorman, Arthur P. 1893 Wilson-Gorman Tariff; opposes the old Wilson version and then adapted it Gorman, Arthur P. 1897 remains a powerful figure in Congress Gorman, Arthur P. 1899 leads opposition to Spanish treaty Gorman, Arthur P. 1903 Senate Democratic Caucus Chairman Gorman, Arthur P. 1903 high-tariff Democrat leader Gorman, Arthur P. 1903 opposes Panama treaty Gorman, Arthur P. 1904 Role in an attempt to disenfranchise blacks in MD but bill rejected by Gov Warfield Gorman, Arthur P. 1904 Dem pres Cand Gorman, Arthur P. 1904 tries to wean Dems away from Bryanism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 When I saw this thread I was like "Wasn't that a baseball player, odd coincidence same name" haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 Usually I hold Bourbon Democrats in high regard. 1904 would have been the last time I had voted Democratic from what I know today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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