Everything about The Conservative Coalition totally explained
The
Conservative coalition, in the
United States of America, was an unofficial
Congressional coalition in
American politics bringing together the conservative majority of the
Republican Party and the conservative, mostly
Southern, minority of the
Democratic Party. It was most active from
1939 to
1963 but remained a potent force until the mid-1980s.
In its
heyday, the coalition's most important Republican leader was Senator
Robert A. Taft of
Ohio, and the chief Democrats were Senator
Richard Russell, Jr. of
Georgia and Congressmen
Howard W. Smith of
Virginia and
Carl Vinson of Georgia.
Between 1939 and 1963, the coalition was able to exercise virtual
veto power over domestic legislation, and only limited liberal legislation was passed during this entire quarter century (most notably the very partial success of Truman's
Fair Deal).
Under Democrat
Lyndon Johnson liberals breached the power of the coalition by electing a liberal Congress in
1964, but the coalition regained strength in the U.S. Congressional elections of
1966. After the "
Republican Revolution" in 1994, the Republicans took control of most of the conservative southern districts, so the Southern Democratic part of the coalition evaporated.
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