David Frum

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So Cleveland nominated Lucius Quintus Lamar of Mississippi, a former senator then serving as Cleveland's secretary of the interior. But Lamar was not just any Mississippian ... 4/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022

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Cleveland had squeaked into office in 1884 by the tiniest of margins. Facing a tough re-elect in 1888 (which he would lose), Cleveland wanted to excite the white conservative Southern base of his Democratic party. The nomination was a chance to try. 3/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022

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Lamar had been author of the Mississippi ordinance of secession. He served in the Confederate army, then as the CSA's special envoy to seek British and French help in the war. After the war, he fiercely opposed the Reconstruction constitutional amendments. 5/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022