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Hace 3 días · Following President Grant's decision to retire after his second term, U.S. Representative James G. Blaine emerged as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. However, Blaine was unable to win a majority at the 1876 Republican National Convention, which settled on Governor Hayes
Hace 3 días · Of the men vying for the Republican nomination, the three strongest candidates leading up to the convention were former president Ulysses S. Grant, Senator James G. Blaine and Treasury Secretary John Sherman.
Hace 1 día · US Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, created the Big Brother policy in the 1880s, aiming to rally Latin American nations behind US leadership and to open Latin American markets to U.S. traders. Blaine served as United States Secretary of State in 1881 in the cabinet of President James Garfield and again from 1889 to 1892 in the cabinet of President Benjamin Harrison .
Hace 5 días · James G. Blaine: Republican Maine 41st, 42nd, and 43rd 1869–75 32 Michael Crawford Kerr Democratic Indiana 44th 1875–76 33 Samuel J. Randall: Democratic Pennsylvania 44th, 45th, and 46th 1876–81 34 Joseph Warren Keifer Republican
Hace 5 días · Sen. James Blaine. Former Senator for Maine. Blaine was a senator from Maine and was a Republican. He served from 1876 to 1881. He was previously the representative for Maine ’s 3 rd congressional district as a Republican from 1875 to 1876; the representative for Maine ’s 3 rd congressional district as a Republican from 1873 to 1875;
Hace 5 días · By the time of the Republican convention of 1884 Gresham had become a prominent and respected Republican; he was considered by the party as a presidential candidate but lost to James G. Blaine. In 1888 Gresham was again a leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination; he ran second to John Sherman of Ohio on the first ...
Hace 4 días · As this flag has 38 stars, it could have been used in either his first successful presidential campaign (1884) or his failed second campaign (1888). By the time of his third campaign (1892) which he won, the U.S. flag had 44 stars. William Garrison, 5 April 2024.
