Standpatter Republican

"Standpatter", or "stand-patter", was a term used in US political history in the early 20th century, during the Progressive Era, to describe the more conservative members of the Republican Party[1][2] than other members, who were called "insurgents" or "progressives". The former were said to be philosophically similar to those of the earlier Stalwart faction.[3]

  1. ^ B. Dan Wood, Soren Jordan, Party Polarization in America; The War Over Two Social Contracts, Cambridge University Press (2017)
  2. ^ David R. Berman, Radicalism in the Mountain West, 1890-1920, University Press of Colorado (2011)
  3. ^ Michael Wolraich, "Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and The Republican Rebels Who created Progressive Politics" Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York (2014) p.8