Now a slang word for any independent voter, this term was first used by Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun.  
Now a slang word for any independent voter, this term was first used by Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun.  It was derived from an Algonquin word meaning "great man," and its leaders included Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and George Curtis.  FTP, name the faction of Republicans that voted Democratic in 1884, refusing to support presidential candidate James G. Blaine.
Now a slang word for any independent voter, this term was first used by Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun.  
Mugwumps