The Republican Party started in Wisconsin. Here's what to know about the GOP's history
Here's what to know about the official birthplace of the Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party, or GOP. Get ...
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What do the Republicans stand for?
The United States has been a two-party democracy for most of its existence, much to the chagrin of some of its anti-partisan founders. Since 1860, those two parties have been the Democratic Party ...
What Does ‘GOP’ Stand For?
“After all, the Republican Party had existed for a mere two decades—since its modern founding in 1854—when the GOP moniker ...
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Slavery and the Civil WarRise of the Republican Party in the 1850s
The Republican Party were not popular in the South. Southerners believed that they wished to abolish slavery. In the 1860 election the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won all the Northern states.