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Harding and the Republicans promised a new start for the nation and a disassociation from Europe's political troubles that most voters found appealing. As a result, the Republicans picked up 63 seats in the House of Representatives, with most of the gains coming from Democratic-leaning districts in the big industrial cities and the border states.
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Democratic-Republican 1776–1832 1825–1827 National Republican Robert Adams Jr. 1893–1906: Pennsylvania: Republican: 1849–1906 Sandy Adams: 2011–2013: Florida: Republican: 1956–present Sherman Adams: 1945–1947: New Hampshire: Republican: 1899–1986 Silas Adams: 1893–1895: Kentucky: Republican: 1839–1896 Stephen Adams: 1845 ...
The Republican Party absorbed many of the previous traditions of its members, who had come from an array of political factions, including Working Men, [Note 1] Locofoco Democrats, [Note 2] Free Soil Democrats, [Note 3] Free Soil Whigs, [Note 4] anti-slavery Know Nothings, [Note 5] Conscience Whigs, [Note 6] and Temperance Reformers of both parties.
Before his unexpected death, he was a leading candidate for the 1920 nomination. Criticism of the Fourteen Points as idealistic or an abrogation of national sovereignty was a major focus of the Republican campaign of 1918. The leading critic was former President Theodore Roosevelt, by now the early favorite for the 1920 presidential nomination.
This is the main page for the alphabetized list of former members of the United States House of Representatives, which is accessible by using the above template. The list is incomplete. The number of former members of the House is at least 11,026. [needs update]
The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. It emerged as the main political rival of the then-dominant Democratic Party in the 1850s, and the two parties have dominated American politics since then.
First a member of the Socialist Party, unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House in 1920 with the Farmer-Labor Party and was elected to the Washington House of Representatives in 1923 with the Farmer-Labor Party, unsuccessfully ran for a U.S. House seat in 1928 as a Republican, and finally registered as a Democrat in 1932 to run for the U.S. Senate ...