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Mugwump
Mugwump Mug"wump`, n. [Cf. Algonquin mugquomp a chief.] A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent. [Political Cant, U.S.]

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- election, the Mugwumps claimed they made the difference in New York State and swung the election to Cleveland. The jocular word "mugwump", noted as early...
- The Mugwumps were a 1960s folk rock band, based in New York City. They released one self-titled album in 1967 and two singles. The Mugwumps found little...
- Vermont, do****ented the word Mugwump as meaning "leader" in 1828. In the 1880s the term became a political label for the "Mugwumps", Republican Party politicians...
- Mugwump or Mugwumps may also refer to: Mugwump (video game), an early computer game written in BASIC The Mugwumps (band), a 1960s rock band Mugwump (folklore)...
- Mugwump is an early video game where the user is tasked with finding "Mugwumps" randomly hidden on a 10×10 grid. It is a text-based game written in BASIC...
- annulled in 1968. In 1964, Elliot and Hendricks started the folk group The Mugwumps, which included Denny Doherty, and Zal Yanovsky. The group lasted for eight...
- Big 3 1963: The Big 3 1964: Live at the Recording Studio The Mugwumps 1965: The Mugwumps The Mamas and the Papas 1966: If You Can Believe Your Eyes and...
- converting their jobs to civil service. Political reformers, typified by the Mugwumps demanded an end to the spoils system. After a series of party reversals...
- Republican National Convention. A group of reformist Republicans known as "Mugwumps" abandoned Blaine's candidacy, viewing him as corrupt. The campaign was...
- hand in the South and border states, and appealed to former Republican Mugwumps. Cleveland won a plurality of the po****r vote, but Harrison won the election...