Republican Party History

Find out little known facts about the achievements of Republicans over the years!
The Republican Party was born in the early 1850’s by anti-slavery activists and individuals who believed that government should grant western lands to settlers free of charge. The first informal meeting of the party took place in Ripon, Wisconsin, a small town northwest of Milwaukee. The first official Republican meeting….Read full article

Martin Luther King voted for Eisenhower/Nixon
In 1956, Martin Luther King voted for the Republican presidential ticket, Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.

Martin Luther King told Nixon of his vote during a public meeting in Ghana, where they were attending a presidential inauguration.

While campaigning for re-election, Vice President Richard Nixon declared: “Most of us will live to see the day when American boys and girls will sit, side by side, at any school – public or private – with no respect paid to the color of skin. Segregation, discrimination and prejudice have no place in America.”

The following year, Vice President Nixon helped defeat the Democrat filibuster against the GOP’s 1957 Civil Rights Act.

Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington
In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY) hosted Booker T. Washington (R-VA), the famed civil rights activist, for dinner at the White House. They discussed ways of reviving the Grand Old Party in the southern states.

Democrats were outraged. Outraged! Several Democrat-controlled state legislatures passed resolutions censuring the president for this gesture of respect for an African-American. Some Democrats went so far as to demand that President Roosevelt throw away whatever dishes and cutlery Washington had used.

The origin of Memorial Day
On Memorial Day, as Americans saluted their fallen military heroes, Republicans can be proud that the holiday was established by one of their own, Senator John Logan (R-IL). Logan Circle in Washington, DC and Logan Square in Chicago were named after him. Read full article
Abolishing Slavery led by Republicans
June 7th, 1864, the Chairman of the Republican National Convention, Senator Edwin Morgan, opened the national convention. At the suggestion of President Abraham Lincoln (R-IL), he did so with a brief statement:

“The party of which you, gentlemen, are the delegated and honored representatives, will fall far short of accomplishing its great mission, unless among its other resolves it shall declare for such an amendment of the Constitution as will positively prohibit African slavery in the United States.” Read full article

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