제임스 G. 블레인

소개

제임스 길레스피 블레인(James Gillespie Blaine, 1830년 1월 31일 ~ 1893년 1월 27일)은 정치적으로 영감을 주지 않은 시대에서 정치 우상에 가까웠던 미국의 공화당 정치인으로 1863년부터 1881년까지 메인주를 대표하여 미국 의회 에 지냈다. 2회의 국무장관 으로서 그는 미국의 제국주의를 위한 기초를 놓았다.

James Gillespie Blaine was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the United States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, served as Speaker of the House from 1869 to 1875, and was a U.S. senator from 1876 to 1881. He served twice as Secretary of State, under presidents James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur in 1881, and under Benjamin Harrison from 1889 to 1892. Blaine was one of two secretaries of state to serve under three presidents, the other being Daniel Webster. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1876 and 1880, and received the nomination in 1884, narrowly losing the general election to Democratic nominee Grover Cleveland. Blaine was a prominent figure in the moderate faction of the Republican Party, known as the "Half-Breeds".