DOUGHFACE Definition & Meaning

doughface

[ doh-feys ]

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noun

U.S. History.

a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
a congressman from a northern state not opposed to slavery in the South.

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Origin of doughface¹

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; dough + face

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Pierce suffered by being a Doughface: a Northerner who favored the South.

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Extending the list of timid pre-Civil War compromisers, Pierce was a Jackson Democrat from New Hampshire whom Whig foes called "doughface"—a northerner with southern principles.

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At the same time, emphasizing Pierce’s status as a doughface threatened to push anti-slavery Democrats into the splinter Free Soil Party, fracturing the party in the North.

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Doughface, a contented lickspittle; a common variety of Northern politician.

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I du believe thet holdin' slaves Comes nat'ral tu a Presidunt, Let 'lone the rowdedow it saves To hev a wal-broke precedunt; Fer any office, small or gret, I couldn't ax with no face, Without I'd ben, thru dry an' wet, Th' unrizzest kind o' doughface.

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