The Republican Party, often called the GOP or Grand Old Party, has been in existence since its first convention on July 6, 1854, in Jackson, Mich. Created in response to the anti-slavery concerns ...

The Whig Party formed out of the National Republican Party ... Party grew out of resistance to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which overrode the Missouri Compromise and allowed slavery to ...

The Republican Party was not founded as a vehicle for Trumpism or ... Though she may not be so left-wing as the Ripon Republicans of 1854, Harris has views that are reasonably in sync with the ...

“After all, the Republican Party had existed for a mere two decades—since its modern founding in 1854—when the GOP moniker ...