The Anti-Masons were the first recognized third party. It was formed in 1828 in opposition to the Freemasons, a secret ...

For anti-slavery Americans like the ones meeting in Ripon, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was a profound betrayal. The Ripon Herald newspaper, in March 1854, denounced the bill as a "nefarious scheme." ...

The record suggests that it takes a generation or more to establish a new political party with a chance to win an election.

Surging immigration, populist nativism, Great Replacement theorising, allegations of election theft. We're talking, of course ...

Elon Musk's plan to create a new political party puts him in the company of a long line of business and political titans looking to upend the two-party system that has dominated U.S. politics since ...

The Republican Party adopted on Monday a new party platform leading up to the 2024 national convention. The platform reads as you would expect a Trumped-up party platform would, with all-caps ...

The Republican Party emerged in 1854 from the embers of the anti-slavery movement and the ashes of the Whigs. After its 1856 nominee lost, the Republican Party made its presidential debut with ...

The new Republican Party positioned itself as the party of freedom and equality, with a strong anti-slavery platform. Its first presidential candidate, John C. Frémont, ...

1854: In the North, anti-slavery activists from all parties begin meeting. ... Many Southerners find a new home in the Republican Party, leaving the Democrats for good. 1980: ...