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Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected as a moderate Republican.
A Republican, Eisenhower entered the 1952 presidential race to counter the non-interventionism of Sen. Robert A. Taft, and to crusade against "Communism, Korea and corruption". He won by a landslide, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson and ending two decades of the New Deal Coalition holding the White House. -
Barry Goldwater runs on a conservative platform and loses to LBJ in a landslide.
Goldwater remained popular in Arizona, and in the 1968 Senate election he was reelected (this time to the seat of retiring Senator Carl Hayden). He was subsequently reelected in 1974 and 1980. The 1974 election saw Goldwater easily reelected. His final campaign in 1980 was close, with Goldwater winning in a near draw against Democrat challenger Bill Schulz. Goldwater said later that the close result convinced him not to run again.[19] -
The Supreme Court angers social conservatives with its decision to legalize abortion in Roe v. Wade.
On Jan. 22, 1973 the Supreme Court voted 7 to 2 to uphold McCorvey's lawsuit. The ruling, known as Roe v. Wade, essentially dismantled Texas abortion laws along with similar laws across the US. These laws, the Supreme Court said, were unconstitutional because they violated a person's absolute right to privacy. -
Conservative Republicans sweep the historic 1980 election.
The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent. Reagan, aided by the Iran hostage crisis and a worsening economy at home, won the election in a landslide. -
The American Liberty League is founded to defend conservative values of private property and individual enterprise.
The American Liberty League was an American political organization formed in 1934 by conservative Democrats to oppose the New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was active for just two years. Following the landslide re-election of Roosevelt in 1936, it sharply reduced its activities and disbanded in 1940. -
Roosevelt’s attempt to “pack” the Supreme Court causes conservative backlash in Congress.
