Joe, soon after this, decided to stay in the carpetbaggers' city and take the agency of a large insurance company.
Jiglets|Walter Jones
They were called the "carpetbaggers," because they usually carried their luggage in their hands.
A Short History of the United States|Edward Channing
He scared de Yankees and Carpetbaggers and all sech folks as dem away from our country.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration
Words related to carpetbaggers
ingrate, bounder, go-getter, timeserver, trimmer
carpetbaggers
Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War to take part in Reconstruction governments, when persons who had supported the Confederacy were not allowed to hold public office (see Fourteenth Amendment). Some of them arrived, according to legend, carrying only one carpetbag, which symbolized their lack of permanent interest in the place they pretended to serve.
notes for carpetbaggers
Carpetbagger is still a general term for nonresident politicians who exploit their districts.