historically the democratic party was dominant in texas from post-civil war until the 1960s.
historically the democratic party was dominant in texas from post-civil war until the 1960s.
historically which party was dominant in texas from post-civil war until the 1960s?
democratic
in 1845, the 29th united states congress approved the texas constitution and president james k. polk signed the act admitting texas as a state on december 29. in 1848, the party convention system was adopted, and it quickly became the primary method of selecting candidates for the texas democratic party. in the period prior to the civil war, national politics influenced the state party's perspective. texas democrats began to discard jacksonian-nationalism in favor of the states' rights agenda of the deep south. a conflict emerged within the party between pro-union democrats and secessionists. during the war, supporters of the union disappeared from the political scene or moved north. those who stayed politically active reluctantly supported the confederacy. during reconstruction, the rift between unionist and secessionist democrats remained. for a short period immediately after the war, the texas democratic party was a formidable political force, but they quickly split apart because their positions on freedmen varied greatly; some supported full civil rights, while others opposed anything more than emancipation. as a result, republicans captured both the governor's office and the texas legislature in 1869, but republican political dominance in the post-civil war era was short-lived. by 1872, the texas democrats had consolidated their party and taken over the texas legislature. for the remainder of the 19th century and well into the 20th, democrats dominated texas politics and republicans were minor political players.
texas democratic party
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