The Republican Party was founded in Ripon, ... The first national convention of the new party was held in Pittsburgh on Feb. 22, 1856," said the Wisconsin Republican Party in its online history.

Local legend says that the "Horace Greeley, Vivus W. Smith and Thurlow Weed made the plans for the Republican Party under" a Syracuse elm tree in 1854.

Arguably the most contentious speaker vote took place in 1856, for Republican Rep. Nathaniel Banks. Securing the speakership took Banks 133 ballots over the course of two months . McCarthy is only ...

The Republicans and ... See the article in its original context from April 29, 1856 ... to express the opinion that there was "no ground for attributing to the Republican Party any purpose ...