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In early 1854, the first meeting of what became the Republican Party. took place in Ripon, Wisconsin. On June 6, 1854 near Jackson, Michigan, about 10,000 people turned out for a mass meeting. This led to the first organizing convention in Pittsburgh on February 22, 1856 . The Party's first nominating convention was in in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 17, 1856.

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