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• 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.
Sixty years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent to Congress a bill to reorganize the federal judiciary. It was soon dubbed the "court-packing bill." On March 9, 1937, Roosevelt addressed the American public on his plan. -
• Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected as a moderate Republican.
Eisenhower and his vice president, Richard M. Nixon, posted landslide victories in both 1952 and 1956. -
• Barry Goldwater runs on a conservative platform and loses to LBJ in a landslide.
The United States presidential election of 1964 was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson had come to office less than a year earlier following the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy. Johnson, who had successfully associated himself with Kennedy's popularity, won 61.1% of the popular vote, the highest won by a candidate since 1820. It was the sixth-most lopsided presidential election in the history of the United States[1] in terms of electoral votes; in t -
• The Supreme Court angers social conservatives with its decision to legalize abortion in Roe v. Wade.
after the 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, anti-abortion forces launched a campaign to overturn that decision. -
• Conservative Republicans sweep the historic 1980 election.
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.
