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.

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noun

• Radical Republicans
  plural

Example Sentences

This was close to the original language, introduced by Representative George S. Boutwell of Massachusetts, a Radical Republican and staunch proponent of civil rights for black Americans.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2020

Radical Republican candidates for Congress campaigned on a pro-impeachment platform in 1866.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2019

On July 2, 1864, Congress responded with a new law known as the Wade-Davis Bill after Radical Republican senator Ben Wade of Ohio and Congressman Henry Winter Davis of Maryland.

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.