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The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio affiliate of the Republican Party.It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1854. [1]It currently holds the bulk of the state's political power, controlling the majority of Ohio's U.S. House seats, one of its two U.S. Senate seats, the governorship, supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature, and a majority on the Ohio Supreme Court.
Benjamin Wade. Benjamin Franklin " Bluff " Wade (October 27, 1800 – March 2, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator for Ohio from 1851 to 1869. He is known for his leading role among the Radical Republicans. [1] Had the 1868 impeachment of U.S. President Andrew Johnson led to a conviction in the ...
The Ohio Congressional Delegation is mostly Republican as well; 10 representatives are Republicans while five are Democrats. One U.S. senator, JD Vance, is a Republican, while the other, Sherrod Brown, is a Democrat. The mayors of most of the 10 largest cities in the state (Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Dayton, Youngstown ...
Franklin County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,323,807, [3] making it the most populous county in Ohio. Most of its land area is taken up by its county seat, Columbus, [4] the state capital and most populous city in Ohio. The county was established on April 30, 1803, less than two months after ...
The 1860 United States presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860.In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin [2] won a national popular plurality, a popular majority in the North where states had already abolished slavery, and a national electoral majority comprising only Northern ...
The 25th district has been based in Columbus, Ohio and Franklin County since 1966 and now consists of portions of Columbus, Clinton Township and Mifflin Township. It is one-third of the 15th Senate district. It has a Cook PVI of D+28. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty represented the district from 1999 to 2008.
Franklin is a city in Warren County, Ohio, United States, along the Great Miami River. The population was 11,690 at the 2020 census . The city lies about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Dayton and 33.5 miles (53.9 km) northeast of Cincinnati .
The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election.It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office.