James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the United States...
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The James G. Blaine Mansion, commonly known as the Blaine Mansion, is a historic house located at 2000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, in the Dupont Circle neighborhood...
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The Blaine House, also known as the James G. Blaine House, is the official residence of the governor of Maine and their family. The executive mansion...
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The James G. Blaine Society is an unofficial organization dedicated to protecting the U.S. state of Oregon from overpopulation. It was founded in the...
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Electoral history of James G. Blaine, Republican politician who represented Maine in the United States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving...
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three strongest leading up to the convention were Ulysses S. Grant, James G. Blaine, and John Sherman. Grant had served two terms as president from 1869...
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James G. Blaine of Maine, and Garfield. Greeley had little luck taking advantage of the scandal. When Congress reconvened after the election, Blaine,...
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waiting room. The following day, he encountered Secretary of State James G. Blaine, who told him, "Never speak to me again on the Paris consulship as...
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careers of all historical presidential candidates, Lichtman found that James G. Blaine, William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt...
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History of foreign policy and national defense in the Republican Party (section James G. Blaine in 1880s and 1890s)
the Great Rapprochement. James G. Blaine served as Secretary of State in 1881 and 189-1892 under Republican presidents James G. Garfield, Chester Arthur...
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Half-Breeds (politics) (category Assassination of James A. Garfield)
system–style patronage, while the Half-Breeds, later led by Maine senator James G. Blaine, were in favor of civil service reform and a merit system. The epithet...
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1886. It is named after presidential candidate James G. Blaine. In the Nebraska license plate system, Blaine County is represented by the prefix 86 (it had...
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1884 United States presidential election (category James G. Blaine)
election, Governor Grover Cleveland of New York defeated Republican James G. Blaine of Maine. It was set apart by mudslinging and personal allegations...
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Blaine County is the name of four counties in the United States; each one is named for American statesman and politician James G. Blaine (1830–1893): Blaine...
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nomination was the previous nominee, James G. Blaine of Maine. After his narrow loss to Cleveland in 1884, Blaine became the front-runner for 1888, but...
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the early 1900s and highways by the 1930s. The county was named for James G. Blaine, an American politician who was the Republican presidential candidate...
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nominee James G. Blaine. Its present boundaries were set on February 8, 1917, when a western portion was partitioned off to form Camas County. Blaine County...
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extended contest between Grant, identified with the Stalwarts, and James G. Blaine, the candidate of the Half-Breed faction, led to the compromise selection...
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Pan-American Union, an international organization for cooperation on trade. James G. Blaine, a United States politician, Secretary of State and presidential contender...
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population was 7,044. Its county seat is Chinook. The county was named for James G. Blaine, former United States Secretary of State. It is on the north line of...
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second term, U.S. Representative James G. Blaine emerged as frontrunner for the Republican nomination. However, Blaine was unable to win a majority at...
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was renamed in honor of James G. Blaine, then Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. According to local history, Blaine offered to donate a large...
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Grant's speech, Republican Congressman James G. Blaine proposed the amendment to the federal Constitution. Blaine, who actively sought Catholic votes when...
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British Columbia's gold fields. Blaine was officially incorporated on May 20, 1890, and was named after James G. Blaine (1830−1893), who was a U.S. senator...
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Though some Republicans opposed Harrison's renomination, he defeated James G. Blaine and William McKinley on the first presidential ballot of the 1892 Republican...
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State and Republican candidate for the 1884 presidential election, James G. Blaine, a native of West Brownsville in Washington County. Taylorstown is...
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the long history of corruption associated with Republican candidate James G. Blaine. In a close election, the Mugwumps claimed they made the difference...
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Stalwarts (politics) (category Assassination of James A. Garfield)
faction was coined by James G. Blaine, who would later lead the rival "Half-Breed" faction during the Garfield administration. Blaine and his political organization...
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comparable in height to Cleveland. See Crawford, Thomas Clark (1893). James G. Blaine: A Study of his Life and Career, from the Standpoint of a Personal...
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Garfield was accompanied by two of his sons, James and Harry, and Secretary of State James G. Blaine. Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln waited at...
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