standpatter

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No standpatter, Senator McNary has placed himself adroitly half way between the Republican archconservatives and the Republican insurgents.

From Time Magazine Archive

During her campaign she made no speeches, announced the following platform: "First, I am a Christian; second, I am an American, and third, I am a Republican and a standpatter, too."

From Time Magazine Archive

Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile, runs the old standpatter against liberalizing practically anything.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every man in the world must be in some respect a standpatter.

From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Broun, Heywood

White is a progressive; Mason is a standpatter.

From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian