To: Grand Old Partisan
Well, Alexander Stevens was a former Whig. However, by and large, the entire South went Democratic after the 1850 Compromise.
To: republicanwizard
By the Civil War, the South was solidly Democrat. The chief exceptions were the blacks and the Appalachian and Ozark Unionists, who voted Republican as soon as they could.
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09/15/2003 8:26:33 AM PDT by
Grand Old Partisan
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