Definition of Mugwump

a term for 1884 Republicans who voted for the Democratic candidate (Grover Cleveland) over their own party candidate who they viewed as corrup

Examples of Mugwump in a sentence

Independent and liberal, the mugwump refused to vote Republican in the 1884 election and submitted his ballot for Cleveland instead.  🔊

Bolting from the Republican Party, the mugwump surprisingly supported Grover Cleveland instead of James G. Blaine.  🔊

James G. Blaine’s defeat in the 1884 election was caused by Republican voters known individually as a mugwump who refused to vote for their own candidate.  🔊

The 1884 newspaper headline screamed that a slew of mudwump votes had caused the Republicans to lose to Grover Cleveland.  🔊

Everyone in town was calling the party flipper a mudwump after he refused to vote for James G. Blaine during the 1884 presidential race.  🔊

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