The Locofocos were the radical faction of the New York Democratic Party in the United States that existed from 1835 until the mid-1840s. They differed from their more moderate, Tammany-backed opponents, whom they frequently derided as "Monopoly Democrats".
The Locofocos were the radical faction of the New York Democratic Party in the United States that existed from 1835 until the mid-1840s. They differed from their more moderate, Tammany-backed opponents, whom they frequently derided as "Monopoly Democrats".
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