Political Party Affiliation Quotes
The Republican platform was extremely conservative and an embarrassment to the progressive Republicans of the day:
He meant gender, not the frequency of sexual activity.
The presidential nomination of William Jennings Bryan in 1896 split the Democratic party. Governor Hill was a strong party man, but couldn't abide Bryan's "free silver" and other positions, so when a reporter asked him if he was still a Democrat, and would campaign for Bryan, the governor answered: