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What were the differences between the "mugwumps" and "stalwarts"?

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The Mugwumps were Republicans who supported Democratic presidential candidate Grover Cleveland in 1884 because they viewed their own party’s candidate, James G. Blaine, as corrupt.

The stalwarts were a faction of the Republican party that opposed reform; wanted to "stall".
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