James G. Blaine: The Defeated Republican of the Gilded Age
From 1860 to 1912, there was only one Republican who ran for president and never got to hold the office. This was the highly influential Maine politician James G. Blaine, whose candidacy would be notably plagued by ethics issues that would seem very familiar to modern voters.
James G. Blaine got his start in politics young, and in 1862, he was elected to…
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