- The term
doughface originally referred to an
actual mask made of dough, but came to be used in a
disparaging context for someone,
especially a politician...
-
abolitionist Northerners due to his
party affiliation, and
became known as a "
doughface" due to his
sympathy toward the South.
Buchanan emerged as a promising...
- was
attacked by the New
Hampshire anti-slavery
Herald of
Freedom as a "
doughface",
which had the dual
meaning of "craven-spirited man" and "northerner...
-
Democrats to win the
presidential election of 1856. Buchanan, a
Northern "
Doughface" (his base of
support was in the pro-slavery South),
split the
party on...
-
acceptance for her
essay among the South. In the North, she was
regarded as a
doughface, a
disparaging term for a
Northerner that
supported the South. In response...
-
March 4, 1861,
leaving in****bent
Democratic President James Buchanan, a "
doughface" from
Pennsylvania who had been
sympathetic to the South, to
preside over...
-
generally supported pro-south and pro-slavery positions,
often electing Doughface politicians.
Their settlements hugged much of the
border between free...
-
defeated in the
election and the
party quickly fades away. Pro-South ("
doughface")
Democrat Franklin Pierce of New
Hampshire is
elected president. 1853...
- two-thirds vote to get nominated. It was also
essential for some Northerners—"
Doughfaces"—to
collaborate with the South, as in the
debates surrounding the three-fifths...
- whom was
Secretary of the Navy
Isaac Toucey,
widely considered to be a "
doughface", or Southern-sympathizer.
Aside from the nearly-senile C****, only Attorney...
