When was the Republican Party in USA founded?

Answer 1

The American Republican Party, also referred to as The Grand Old Party or GOP for short, was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists. Somehow The Democratic party is often viewed as the more anti-racist and morally or politically correct of the two major parties, at least in recent times. Which is sad because Abraham Lincoln actually was a republican and equal rights and opportunities is the brainchild of the political right side, not the left. The republicans can easily be identified by their use of the color red and an Elephant as a logo.

Answer 2

The Republican party was created out of the waning Whig party and Free Soil Democrats and a few other "third" parties in reaction to the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854. When the Republican party ran Abraham Lincoln as their presidential candidate in 1860 the world of political parties was a fractured one. Lincolns election and the success of the Northern forces in the Civil War gave the party a secure foundation to be a force in American politics from that point until 1932.

Some people confuse "Republican" Party and the "Democratic" Party with the concepts of a Republic and a Democracy. In fact the United States of America is a Republic with democratic processes. Countries without democracy can be Republics. The Soviet Union was a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and feigned democracy. North Korea, with its cult of personality is a Republic. A Republic is basically anything that isn't a Monarchy or an Oligarchy.

A Democracy is a Republic that uses democratic processes to a very high extent to determine national issues. The United States uses a representative democracy wherein everyone votes for representatives (members of Congress) who are charged with determining the course of the nation.

The Pledge of Allegiance in the United States is; "I pledge allegiance to the Flag, of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Showing that the Republic aspect of the nation is recognized. The Constitution, State Constitutions and private organizations using Robert's Rules of Order all operate on democratic principles.

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln was the first. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

Answer 4

The Republican party started in the early 1850's.

Answer 5

The Republican Party was founded in Ripon, Wisconsin in early 1854.

Answer 6

The republican party came to being in 1860

Answer 7

Ripon, Wisconsin