Republican Party – The UncommonWealth

Carpetbagger or Reformer?

In 1871 Massachusetts-born Edward Daniels became the editor of the state’s flagship Republican newspaper, the Daily State Journal. He had moved to Virginia just three…

Kevin ShupeOctober 24, 2018

#election1860

On 13 November 1860, J.S. Moore of Indiana wrote a letter to his Virginia relative Doctor Thomas Moore. Much of the letter has to do…

Greg CrawfordNovember 7, 2012

Newspapers

100 Years Ago Today: Chaos at the Republican Convention

The ascension of Mitt Romney, though drawn out, is boring by comparison to the Republican Convention of 1912. The June 21, 1912 issue of the The Times Dispatch devoted…

Silver PersingerJune 21, 2012