The Republican Party, forged from a coalition of political forces to oppose the advance of slavery in the American west, was created in Ripon, Wisconsin, on this day in history, March 20, 1854.

Monday's move was the first since 1951. An exterior view of the Little White Schoolhouse, the birthplace of the Republican Party, is shown in 1913, in Ripon, Wisconsin.

I n the history of the Republican Party, some states get more credit than others. The Party’s founding is traced to an 1854 gathering in Wisconsin, with a larger follow-up held later that year ...

Republican Party, History of the GOP, accessed May 28, 2020 A.F. Gilman, The Origin of the Republican Party, posted by the Wisconsin Historical Society, circa 1914 ...

The New York Times reported that 25,000 took part in a parade that included William F. Buckley — founder of National Review — Medal of Honor winners, marching bands, fife and drum corps, and ...

Interestingly though, the Republican Party was certainly not "old" when the GOP acronym came into use. The party was only founded two decades prior in 1854. According to History Channel writer ...

With Heather Cox Richardson, professor of history at Boston College and author of the book To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party. About the book: A distinguished American historian ...

Twenty-six years later, in 1854, the Republican Party was founded. Like the Democrats, they rose phoenix-like from the ashes of a recently disintegrated party — the Whigs.

Edwin Feulner will be remembered as the person responsible for the Republican Party’s turn away from truth, expertise and good governance.