Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Conservative Party of South Carolina was a political party of South Carolina during Reconstruction. It was founded in 1874 by James Chestnut from the State Tax Union to provide an organization for the mobilization of white voters. The absence of an active and statewide Democratic Party led many Democrats to become members of the Conservative Party for the Election of 1874. The reemergence of a strong Democratic Party for the election of 1876 ended the Conservative Party.