Republican Party
one of the two major political parties in the U.S.: originated 1854–56.
U.S. History. Democratic-Republican Party.
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How to use Republican Party in a sentence
Knight lived down the street from Scalise, and had met him a handful of times at Republican Party events.
The news that Grimm was set to plead guilty sent shockwaves through the leadership of the Republican Party on Staten Island.
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress | Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Traditionally, the Republican Party supports traditional marriage,” said Alice Stewart, a GOP strategist allied with Huckabee.
How long has it been since the Republican Party had a smoking hot presidential ticket?
It is a reasonable assumption, considering his roots in the Republican Party, in the Marines, and his proud Scots-Irish roots.
Hillary Gets a Challenger and He’s a Marine | David Freedlander | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Thus, the Republican Party won the twelve electoral votes of the state.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyFrom the Republican Party the action of the Volunteers received unstinted and enthusiastic commendation.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell HenryAmong the Nationalists the only section which was able to use the situation to advantage was the Republican Party.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell HenryHis political allegiance is given the Republican Party, which he has supported since reaching adult age.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2) | William Denison LymanThe Jacobins, the extreme Republican Party, grew rapidly in strength.
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British Dictionary definitions for Republican Party
the more conservative of the two major political parties in the US: established around 1854: Compare Democratic Party
any of a number of political parties in other countries, usually so named to indicate their opposition to monarchy
US history another name for the Democratic-Republican Party
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Cultural definitions for Republican party (1 of 2)
A political party that began in 1854 and is today one of the two major political parties in the United States. Originally, it was composed mainly of northerners from both major parties of the time, the Democrats and the Whigs, with some former Know-Nothings as well. The first Republicans were united by their opposition to the expansion of slavery. Their first winning presidential candidate was Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
One of the two major political parties in the United States. The party began in 1854 (see under “American History to 1865”); Abraham Lincoln, elected in 1860, was the first Republican president. During Reconstruction, many Republicans were eager to punish the South for its former slaveholding and for its secession from the United States. The northern Republicans, for example, supported carpetbaggers in southern governments. After Reconstruction, the Republicans favored a high protective tariff and were generally considered the defenders of northeastern and business interests. The party supported the Spanish-American War and the expansion of United States territory overseas. Some Republicans were part of the Progressive movement of the early twentieth century. In the 1920s, the party reestablished its reputation for supporting business and as being wary of any expansion of the place of government in national life. This characterization is still a reasonably accurate, if simplistic, description of basic Republican views. Since Lincoln, the Republican presidents have been Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush.
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