"The Republican Party grew out of resistance to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which overrode the Missouri ... showing for the upstart party founded only two years earlier.

3/20/1854: The Republican Party is founded. President Abraham Lincoln would be elected President on the Republican ticket six years later on November 6, 1860.

In early 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act — a bill ... Can you visit the site where the Republican Party was formed in Ripon, ...

On February 28, 1854, a small group of abolitionists ... the group dubbed themselves Republicans, and the party of Lincoln was formed. Their main cause? Abolishing slavery, and establishing ...

Though these rules do not specifically mention political institutions, the Republican party, founded in 1854, meets the criteria for entry. No doubt about it. Its story is true — as much a part ...

The Republican Party emerged in 1854 from the embers of the anti-slavery ... The Republican Party said that its legacy, being founded "for the purpose of ending slavery," compels it "to ...

The Whig Party formed out of the National Republican Party ... Party grew out of resistance to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which overrode the Missouri Compromise and allowed slavery to ...