Radical Republican

American  

[rad-ik-uhl-ri-puhb-lik-uhn] / ˈræd ɪk əl rɪˈpʌb lɪk ən /

noun

Radical Republicans plural

1. U.S. History. in the aftermath of the Civil War, any of a group of Republicans who advocated the strong federal enforcement of Reconstruction policies in the southern states and immediate emancipation and civil rights for formerly enslaved Americans.

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adjective

1. U.S. History. relating to the ideas or policies of a group of Republicans who, in the aftermath of the Civil War, advocated the strong federal enforcement of Reconstruction policies in the southern states and immediate emancipation and civil rights for formerly enslaved Americans.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Radical Republicans
  plural

Example Sentences

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Radical Republican

The boots belonged to the college’s namesake, Thaddeus Stevens, the Civil War-era Radical Republican congressman from Pennsylvania.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2021

Johnson, too, loved to vilify his opponents, like Frederick Douglass and Radical Republican congressmen.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2019

But Johnson himself was not even a Republican, much less a radical one, and he had no sympathy for Radical Republican notions of racial equality.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

In Georgia, for instance, the Radical Republican state government took the initiative soon after the war ended. 

From Salon ● May 25, 2012

Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Radical Republican party, or either of the organizations known as the "Loyal League" and the "Grand Army of the Re- public?". 3d.

From Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by Lester, J. C.