Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party. He was the second person to be nominated for President by the Republican Party and the first Republican to win a Presidential election.
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.
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1856:Lincoln helped to create the Republican Party in Illinois.
The new party was the Republican party. It attacted most of the anti-slavery wing of the Whig Party, which eventually came to an end.
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.
When Abraham Lincoln was president, there were primarily four political parties active in the United States: the Republican Party, which he represented, the Democratic Party, the Constitutional Union Party, and the Know Nothing Party. The Republican Party was founded in the 1850s and gained prominence during Lincoln's presidency. The political landscape was heavily influenced by issues surrounding slavery and the Civil War, leading to a significant realignment of party affiliations during that time.