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  2. Republican Party founded | March 20, 1854 | HISTORY

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    One such meeting, in Wisconsin on March 20, 1854, is generally remembered as the founding meeting of the Republican Party. The Republicans rapidly gained supporters in the North, and in 1856...

  3. History of the Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    It is the second-oldest extant political party in the United States after its main political rival, the Democratic Party. In 1854, the Republican Party emerged to combat the expansion of slavery into western territories after the passing of the Kansas–Nebraska Act.

  4. Republican Party - HISTORY

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    Founded in 1854 as a coalition opposing the extension of slavery into Western territories, the Republican Party fought to protect the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.

  5. The Origins of the Republican Party - US History

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    In early 1854, the first proto-Republican Party meeting took place in Ripon, Wisconsin. On July 6, 1854 on the outskirts of Jackson, Michigan upwards of 10,000 people turned out for a mass meeting "Under the Oaks."

  6. Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In 1854, the Republican Party was founded in the Northern United States by forces opposed to the expansion of slavery, ex-Whigs, and ex-Free Soilers. The Republican Party quickly became the principal opposition to the dominant Democratic Party and the briefly popular Know Nothing Party.

  7. Republican Party | Definition, History, & Beliefs | Britannica

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    Republican Party, in the United States, one of the two major political parties, the other being the Democratic Party. During the 19th century the Republican Party stood against the extension of slavery to the country’s new territories and, ultimately, for slavery’s complete abolition.

  8. The Republican Party Founded - History Today

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    The Republican Party was founded on July 6th, 1854. A 1900 Republican campaign poster for the US presidential election, with portraits of President William McKinley and Vice Presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt. The party was born of hostility to slavery.

  9. The Founding of the Republican Party - ThoughtCo

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    The catalyst for the founding of the party was the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in the spring of 1854. The law was a major change from the Missouri Compromise of three decades earlier and made it seem possible that new states in the West would come into the Union as pro-slavery states.

  10. The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide -...

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    The Republican Party was created in 1854 out of a coalition of anti-slavery activists, former Whigs, Free Soilers, and Northern Democrats who opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery into Western territories. While it did not win its first attempt at the presidential election in 1856, its success in 1860 would make history ...

  11. Republican Party summary | Britannica

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    It was formed in 1854 by former members of the Whig, Democratic, and Free Soil parties who chose the party’s name to recall the Jeffersonian Republicans’ concern with the national interest above sectional interests and states’ rights.