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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Officials in Ripon, Wisconsin, have moved the building where the Republican Party is said to have been founded across town to boost visibility as conservatives descend on the state for the GOP ...

Opinion: The Republican Party took a wrong turn in 1964. It’s still living with that decision. The Party of Lincoln turned from Civil Rights to court southern white voters ...

Political parties and a complicated history with race. Black people who could vote tended to support the Republican Party from the 1860s to about the mid-1930s. There were push-and-pull aspects to ...