RED SHIRTS,, RED STATES, REDNECK< TRAITOR< WHOREMONGER- REPUBLICAN BIGOTS>
On the day of the 1900 election, the Red Shirts were even more obvious than in 1898. They rode around the voting polls with their guns and horses, intimidating blacks and other Republicans. The success of the disfranchisement of black votes in the August 1900 election, ultimately resulted in the November Democratic gubernatorial win of Charles Brantley Aycock over Adams, the Republican. The vote of 186,650 to 126,296 was noted as "the largest majority ever given to a gubernatorial candidate".[16] After the Democratic win in November, the Red Shirts disappeared from public view. Because their members were primarily poor whites, the Democratic Party of elitist whites parted ways with the group. Thus the prevalence of Red Shirts declined upon the inauguration of Governor Aycock.[16] Contemporary South Carolina Red Shirts The League of the South of South Carolina has a specialized membership category known as "Red Shirts".[21] The Red Shirts have organized demonstrati