Event Title

The Rise of Benjamin Disraeli and the Passage of the Second Reform Act

Location

CSU 202

Start Date

24-4-2007 10:15 AM

End Date

24-4-2007 12:30 PM

Student's Major

History

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Larry Witherell

Mentor's Department

History

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

The Reform Act of 1867 expanded the electorate in England by 938,000 people. Conservative Party leader Benjamin Disraeli mastered the passage of the Act following the failure of William Gladstone and the Liberal Party to pass the measure a year earlier. This project will analyze the motives of Disraeli in pursuing this reform despite the lack of full support within his own party, and argue that Disraeli used the passage of this Reform Act of 1867 to enhance his influence and power within the Conservative party and solidify his leadership position. The research will use the parliamentary debates; contemporary newspapers, including the London Times', political memoirs, diaries, and autobiographies; contemporary periodicals, such as Quarterly Review and Westminster Review, and secondary scholarship, both monographs and journal articles.

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The Rise of Benjamin Disraeli and the Passage of the Second Reform Act

CSU 202

The Reform Act of 1867 expanded the electorate in England by 938,000 people. Conservative Party leader Benjamin Disraeli mastered the passage of the Act following the failure of William Gladstone and the Liberal Party to pass the measure a year earlier. This project will analyze the motives of Disraeli in pursuing this reform despite the lack of full support within his own party, and argue that Disraeli used the passage of this Reform Act of 1867 to enhance his influence and power within the Conservative party and solidify his leadership position. The research will use the parliamentary debates; contemporary newspapers, including the London Times', political memoirs, diaries, and autobiographies; contemporary periodicals, such as Quarterly Review and Westminster Review, and secondary scholarship, both monographs and journal articles.

Recommended Citation

Heckman, Dustin B.. "The Rise of Benjamin Disraeli and the Passage of the Second Reform Act." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 24, 2007.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2007/oral-session-12/3