One of his longtime political rivalries began when he referred to an influential party figure as a "turkey gobbler." This man advocated the newly formed Republican Party when he bought the Kennebec Journal, and he was later given one of his nicknames by Robert Ingersoll. He pushed for the formation of the Pan-American Movement as Secretary of State to Garfield and Harrison, though the defection of the Mugwumps and a few hundred votes in New York kept him from becoming President himself following his supporter's remark a
One of his longtime political rivalries began when he referred to an influential party figure as a "turkey gobbler." This man advocated the newly formed Republican Party when he bought the Kennebec Journal, and he was later given one of his nicknames by Robert Ingersoll. He pushed for the formation of the Pan-American Movement as Secretary of State to Garfield and Harrison, though the defection of the Mugwumps and a few hundred votes in New York kept him from becoming President himself following his supporter's remark about "rum, Romanism, and rebellion." For 10 points, name this man known variously as the "Plumed Knight" and the "continental liar from the state of Maine."
One of his longtime political rivalries began when he referred to an influential party figure as a "turkey gobbler.
James Gillespie {Blaine}