new england yankees, who dominated that region and much of upstate new york and the upper midwest, were the strongest supporters of the new party. this was especially true for the pietistic congregationalists and presbyterians among them and, during the war, many methodists and scandinavian lutherans. the quakers were a small, tight-knit group that was heavily republican. by contrast, the liturgical churches (roman catholic, episcopal and german lutheran) largely rejected the moralism of the republican party; most of their adherents voted democratic.