Ronald Reagan formally changed his vote registration to Republican in 1962.
President Ford Was a Republican
R.Reagan was a member of Democratic party until 1962. He switched to Republican party in 1962 and was a member until 2004. R.Reagan served as a President 1981-1989. So in that time he was Republican.
Reagan was initially a registered Democrat; he became a Republican in 1962 and was elected Governor of California and President of the US as a Republican
Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican president in 1860.
Before the 12th amendment, the person with the highest number of votes became president and the person with the second highest number of votes became vice president. Because of this president Lincoln was a Republican and his vice president Johnson was a Democrat.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
He was a Democrat when he was younger, but in the mid 1950's he began supporting Republican candidates, notably Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. He supported Richard Nixon for President in 1960, and officially changed parties to become a registered Republican in 1962. As he put it- he never left the Democratic Party-- they left him.
The Republicans did not win in 1856- the Democrat Buchanan won the election in 1856. The Republican candidate, Lincoln won in 1860 and so became the first Republican president.
John C. Fremont, the first Republican candidate for President, was noted as an explorer and soldier.
Julius Kambarage Nyerere became president of the new nation, Tanzania in 1962
Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, in 2008 became the first woman to be the Republican nominee for vice-president .
no he became president after jfk was assassinated in 1963. he was republican. never elected to the presidency though