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THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
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Provisional governor from the summer of 1865 to the summer of 1866. Hamilton became one of the state's leading moderate Republicans and ran against Radical Edmund J. Davis in the 1869 governor's race. Davis won, but Hamilton remained a vocal opponent of Radical policies.
The proceedings of these conventions
excerpted from the Internet Archive,
s.v. "," Platforms of political parties in Texas -
Winkler, Ernest William, 1875-1960