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In September 1870, Republican liberals in Missouri had been the first to
establish a separate Liberal Republican Party. Foreshadowing the national
strategy in 1872, they formed an alliance with the state’s Democrats to
overthrow the regular Republicans. On January 24, 1872, a summons to attend a
national nominating convention in Cincinnati was issued by the Missouri Liberal
Republicans led by U.S. Senator Carl Schurz. |
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