Because the legislatures were becoming too demcratic
Republican Party candidate John Fremont won 11 northern states in the 1856 presidential election.
Democrat... they never liked the Republican Union
Alaska is one of the most solid Republican states in the country.
The Kansas-Nebraska allowed the citizens of these two states to vote as to whether to allow slavery. The Republicans wanted to disallow slavery in all new states. Many wanted to abolish slavery in all the states, but this was not in their platform.
1, Nebraska
435 legislaters
all 50 of the them.
How many were ratified by conventions held in the states?
Fifty states in the United States have bicameral legislatures. They consist of an upper chamber (Senate) and a lower chamber (House of Representatives).
Nine States were required. They were ratified by state conventions and not the state legislatures.
Representatives is the name given to the leaders of houses of representatives in the states legislatures.
3/4th
3/4 of state legislatures
Only the 21st Amendment (repealing the 18th) was ratified by conventions in the states.
There are presently 41 Republican senators in the United States Senate.
United States Senators do not serve in the legislatures of their own states.