In the United States this translated to almost universal support of the Republican Party from the 1870s until the 1960s and 1970s when academics and church leaders began emphasizing social-justice and peace-related positions that more closely aligned with the Democratic Party.
In the United States this translated to support of the Republican Party from the 1870s onward. Philanthropist Jacob A. Schowalter (1879--1953) was an early Democratic Party officeholder and by the 1960s and 1970s academics and church leaders began emphasizing social justice and peace-related positions that more closely aligned with the Democratic Party.