Republican Party:
The Republican Party began as a series of anti-slavery political meetings throughout the Midwest in 1854. The Whig Party was collapsing, and many Whigs, as well as northern Democrats, opposed the extension of slavery. The Republican Party represented this anti-slavery view and thus gained followers rapidly. The party's first Presidential candidate was John C. Fremont, who ran unsuccessfully in 1856 although he carried eleven northern states.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected as the first Republican president in 1860, he saw the U.S. through the Civil War. From Lincoln's victory in 1860 until 1928, the Republican Party won fourteen of the eighteen Presidential elections. Its policies appealed to many groups, including farmers,
The Republican Party began as a series of anti-slavery political meetings throughout the Midwest in 1854. The Whig Party was collapsing, and many Whigs, as well as northern Democrats, opposed the extension of slavery. The Republican Party represented this anti-slavery view and thus gained followers rapidly. The party's first Presidential candidate was John C. Fremont, who ran unsuccessfully in 1856 although he carried eleven northern states.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected as the first Republican president in 1860, he saw the U.S. through the Civil War. From Lincoln's victory in 1860 until 1928, the Republican Party won fourteen of the eighteen Presidential elections. Its policies appealed to many groups, including farmers,