Short (unsourced) version: Self-identified as a Mugwump. I think he supported Cleveland, as a reformer. Loathed TR. Adored Grant, but as a General, I don't know that he spoke about Grant's Presidency at all. Loathed Congress Kissed up to Speaker Cannon (1906-- the Copyright Act lobbying) On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 3:40 PM Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Miki, I'm intrigued with your notion that MT's politics were different > from Sam's, and how and why, etc. Personally I have veered away from those > sorts of outright splits, over the years, but even old dogs can learn new > tricks, I guess. > > More to your point, Jim Leonard has a good chapter on this topic in the > recent volume, MT in Context, ed. John Bird. > > Also: I am reminded of a few of the old chestnuts as sources: Lou Budd, > Mark Twain, Social Philosopher; Arthur Pettit, Mark Twain & the South; and > Phillip Foner, Mark Twain, Social Critic. > > > > > Dr. Hal Bush > > Professor of English & > > Director of the Undergraduate Program > > Saint Louis University > > [log in to unmask] > > 314-977-3616 > > http://halbush.com > > author website: halbush.com > > ________________________________ > From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of miki pfeffer < > [log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 2:01 PM > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [External] What were Mark Twain's politics? > > Hello all, > > During a recent interview with Steve Courtney of the Mark Twain House > (thank you Steve; thank you MTH) as part of the "Trouble at Home" series, I > was asked this question: > "What were Grace King's politics?" > > I struggled to answer with clarity in the moment, as I might about my own > if asked. > > So I am asking you wise ones whose answers I always read with interest (and > often with amusement): > What were Mark Twain's politics? > Likewise, what were Sam Clemens's politics? > > Thanks in advance, > Miki Pfeffer > > -- > Miki Pfeffer, Ph D > *A** New Orlean**s Author i**n Mark Twain's Court: * > *Letters from Grace King's New England Sojourns * > (LSU Press, 2019) > *Southern Ladies and Suffragists: Julia Ward Howe and Women's Rights at the > 1884 New Orleans World's Fair *(University Press of Mississippi, 2014) >