Lincoln was in the Republican Party (like the majority of the Northern States). However, the Republican Party during Lincoln's time was very different than the Republicans now.
Republican Party. He was the first Republican to be elected to office.
Lincoln was nominated as the Republican Party's candidate for president. He was elected president in 1860.The answer is 'Republican Party'. One of his aims, if elected, was to prevent slavery from extending into the territories.
Abraham Lincoln. 1860- Republican Party 1864- National Union Party
I believe the answer to this question is the Republican Party which was form in Wisconsin in 1856 and was the party of Abraham Lincoln who was elected President in 1860.
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.
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was the first president to represent the Republican Party when he ran for president.
In 1860 The Republican Party, a minor party, took over for the Whig party, and Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States. In 1864 the Republican Party had become a major party. It nominated Fremont as president. A minor party, The National Union Party, a minor party, nominated a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, for President, and a Democrat, Andrew Johnson, for Vice President. Abraham Lincoln won. A minor party won in both 1860 and in 1864 in the United States. None of the politicians wanted Lincoln, only the people.
no abraham lincoln was,republican
Yes, he lived in Indiana and he was in the Whig and Republican party. He was the 16th president of the United States!
Lincoln was a Republican when he ran for President. The party changed its name in 1864 in hopes of getting more votes. When he was elected to Congress, he was a Whig.
Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.