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Under whose presidency did the Republican Party split creating to factions the progressives in the old guard?

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The conservative faction of the Republican Party was larger than its Progressive faction in Congress. The conservatives, or “Old Guard,” as they were called by the Progressives, were led by House Speaker Joe Cannon and Senator Nelson Aldrich.

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