Locofoco

Etymology
From ; the term originated when a group of New York Jacksonians used such matches to light candles to continue a political meeting after Tammany men tried to break up the meeting by turning off the gaslights.

Noun

 * 1)  A member of a faction of the US  in the early 1800s, formed in New York City as a protest against that city's regular Democratic organization, Tammany Hall.