He did serve as Secretary of State twice, but the one time he finally wrested the Presidential nomination, he was defeated because of the over- zealous slogan of one of his suppoorters, "Rum, Romanism, and Ruin.
This candidate for the Republican nomination in the late 19th century never made it to the White House. Scandals such as the Mulligan Papers impeded him. He did serve as Secretary of State twice, but the one time he finally wrested the Presidential nomination, he was defeated because of the over- zealous slogan of one of his suppoorters, "Rum, Romanism, and Ruin." Who, FTP, lost the 1884 election by a slim margin, a man his enemies called "The continental liar from the state of Maine?"
This candidate for the Republican nomination in the late 19th century never made it to the White House.
James G. {Blaine}