1860: Republicans: Abraham Lincoln The Republican Party absorbed anti-slavery Whigs and most Know-Nothings. It became more moderate in its stance on the exclusion of slavery and denounced John ...

Senator SEWARD, in his speech on Friday night, declared the whole aim and duty of the Republican Party to be, to leave Slavery just where it is. They do not seek to abolish or disturb it ...

Moderates have been largely squeezed out of political relevance. There is room for a new party, and it would have to start at ...

More: The Republican Party started in Wisconsin. Here's what to know about the GOP's history From 1860 to 1908, the building ...

The republican party or the Grand Old Party â the GOP â as it is popularly called, was founded in March 1854, in Ripon, Wisconsin. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the first republican ...

The Republican Party were not popular in the South. Southerners believed that they wished to abolish slavery. In the 1860 election the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won all the Northern states.