Mugwumps- Reformers. A group of reformers who wanted civil service reform.
Carl Schurz was a German-American immigrant leader. In 1884, Schurz backed the Democrat, Grover Cleveland. Schurz led an influential group of Republican leaders known as "Mugwamps".
The mugwamps
False. They were called muckrakers.
No, journalists who exposed corrupt industrialists, politicians, and the wealthy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries were typically referred to as muckrakers. Mugwumps were a political faction in the late 19th century that sought to remain independent from party politics.