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Abraham Lincoln was a Republican.
Georgia wanted to secede from the Union because they believed Abraham's Lincolns election, and republican party's were strongly and aggressively anti-slavery.
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While Lincoln wished for the Union to stay the way it was, (yes even if that meant allowing slavery to continue), a lot of his party members were abolitionists who demanded reform.
It made victory for the Republican party inevitable.
With the understanding that Abe refers to Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln was first a Whig party member. When the Whigs Party ended, Abraham Lincoln joined the Republican Party.
August 4 - Abraham Lincoln was elected to the Illinois General Assembly for the first time, representing Sangamon County, which was much larger than it is today. He ran as a member of the Whig Party. This was his second attempt to gain a political office.
The Republican party.
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He represented this new party, the Republicans, who were identified as a Northern party, opposed to the extension of slavery.
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