Famous Liberal Republicans
- Charles Francis Adams, Sr., former congressman and ambassador, son of President John Quincy Adams.
- B. Gratz Brown, a governor of Missouri, vice-presidential candidate in the election of 1872.
- Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States, former U.S. Senator from Ohio and treasury secretary.
- David Davis, U.S. Supreme Court justice, later senator from Illinois.
- Reuben Fenton, while U.S. Senator from New York
- Horace Greeley, newspaper editor, presidential candidate in the election of 1872.
- Carl Schurz, former ambassador, Civil War general, power-broker, and senator from Missouri.
- Charles Sumner, senator from Massachusetts, anti-slavery advocate
- Nathaniel P. Banks, chairman of the house Committee on Foreign Affairs and former Speaker.
- George Washington Julian, congressman from Indiana, women's suffrage advocate
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