Traces how the Republican Party in the South after Reconstruction transformed from a biracial organization to a mostly all-white one.

Boris Heersink is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, New York. His research focuses on American political parties, and campaigns and elections.

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Republican Party and the South: some preliminaries; Part I. The South and National Republican Party Politics, 1865-1968: 3. The rise and fall of a Republican South, 1865-1877; 4. The attempt to rebuild the Republican Party in the South, 1877-1896; 5. The system of 1896 and Republicanism in the South, 1897-1932; 6. Towards a modern Southern strategy, 1933-1968; Photos; Part II. Southern Republican Party Politics at the State Level: 7. Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, and Alabama; 8. Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, and Tennessee; 9. South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi; 10. Conclusion. The relevance of the South in the Republican Party.