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  Liberal Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Liberal Republican Party of the United States was a political party formed in 1872 to oppose the reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant.
Many of the original founders of the Republican party and leaders of the Civil War joined the movement, including its nominee Horace Greeley, Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, Cassius Marcellus Clay of Kentucky, and Charles Francis Adams of Massachusetts.
The Democrats and their Liberal Republican allies feared the war was a tragedy, They recoiled against centralization, and sought to recapture the purity of prewar days through reconciliation and respect for the autonomy of the states.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: United States Republican Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Republican National Committee (RNC) of the United States is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican A political platform is a list of the principles which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said partys candidates voted into office.
Though states' rights was a cause of both Northern and Southern states before the War, control of the federal government led the Republican Party to support an active role for the federal government.
Thomas Dewey represented the Northeastern wing of the party that was closer to Democratic liberalism and internationalism.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Republican Party (United States)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Organized in Ripon, Wisconsin on February 28, 1854, as a party opposed to the expansion of slavery into new territories, the Party is not to be confused with the Democratic-Republican party of Thomas Jefferson or the National Republican Party of Henry Clay.
Later, the Democratic Party's support for liberal social stances such as abortion, criminal law issues such as abolition of the death penalty, and same-sex marriage drove many former Democrats into a Republican party that was embracing the conservative views on these issues.
The Republican Party fared well in the 2002 midterm elections, solidifying its hold on the House and regaining control of the Senate, in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
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 Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republican Party was established in 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a vision for modernizing the United States.
The Republican Party has advocated reforms in the UN and opposes the Kyoto Protocol because of the Protocol's alleged uneven application to countries around the world, arguing that it is likely to slow economic growth and the reduction of poverty, and disputing the science behind it.
In the early 20th century, the usual symbol of the Republican Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Ohio was the eagle, as opposed to the Democratic donkey.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: United States Liberal Republican Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The United States Liberal Republican Party was a political party formed in 1872 to oppose the administration of the then-current President, Ulysses S. Grant.
Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States, former senator from Ohio and treasury secretary.
Republican party logo, adopted in the 1970s, depicts a stylized elephant in the colors of the Flag of the United States.
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 United States Republican Party - JnanaBase   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The current President of the United States, George W. Bush, is a member of the party – and by rules common to both major U.S. parties, its head – and it has majorities in the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as in governorships and state legislative seats.
The party was organized in Ripon, Wisconsin on February 28, 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a Hamiltonian vision for modernizing the United States.
Republicans also show concerns about having big government in charge of such vital issues as food, shelter, or health care, as they believe the private sector and/or the individual are better suited to control their own lives.
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 United States Republican Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Republican Party (often GOP for Grand Old Party) is one of the two major political parties in the United States.
The party was organized in Ripon Wisconsin on February 28 1854 as a party against the expansion slavery.
It is not to be confused the Democratic-Republican party of Thomas Jefferson or the National Republican Party of Henry Clay.
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 United States Democratic-Republican Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Democratic-Republican party was a United States political party which evolved early in the history of the United States.
In addition some refer to the as the Jeffersonian Republicans since Thomas Jefferson belonged to the party and had major influence on its ideology; it is referred to as simply the Republican Party not to be confused with the modern Republican Party.
The Republican Party also sees itself as a spiritual of the Democratic-Republicans though it has much ties from their broad base of former Whig voters and politicians.
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 The Republican Party Platform of 1860
That the history of the nation, during the last four years, has fully established the proprietary and necessity of the organization and perpetuation of the Republican party, and that the causes which called it into existence are permanent in their nature, and now, more than ever before, demand its peaceful and constitutional triumph.
That Kansas should, of right, be immediately admitted as a State under the Constitution recently formed and adopted by her people, and accepted by the House of Representatives.
That appropriations by Congress for River and Harbor improvements of a National character, required for the accommodation and security of an existing commerce, are authorized by the Constitution, and justified by the obligations of Government to protect the lives and property of its citizens.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Republican Party (United States)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Since 1995, the Republicans have held majorities in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, except for the Democratic Party's majority in the Senate from January 3-20, 2001 and June 6, 2001 until November 12, 2002.
The Republican Party has demanded reforms in the UN and opposes the Kyoto Protocol because of the Protocol's uneven application to countries around the world, on the claim they believe it is likely to slow economic growth and the reduction of poverty, and because of disputes concerning the science behind it.
The new party was created in 1854, in Ripon, Wisconsin, as an act of defiance against what activists denounced as the Slave Power — the powerful class of slaveholders who were conspiring to control the federal government and to spread slavery nationwide.
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 Blogswarm - Online News Magazine
The fact is, the Republicans have moved so far to the radical, revolutionary right, in their efforts, now being done in plain open sight, to re-make America, that the DLC, when it seeks the middle ground, is really seeking the ground that old-time Republicans took.
Republican voters who felt they were being ignored found an effective way to gain the attention of the national GOP with the targeting of a well-known member of Congress.
The future of the United States as a free society is dependent on the opposition party combating the right wing jihad, but the combat will not begin until there is a catalyst that alters the attitude of the Congressional Democrats.
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 Republicans. Republican Party of America. Republicans.org - America Today!
The United States of America and Iraq are much more better off than that can be ever be imagined.
The immoral party wants to seperate church from state, for they already have destroyed the viewing and placement of the Ten Commandments, which we received from God our common law to live by.
They have become a party of liberalism and socialism, along with having the Communist party supporting them this year to get rid of our president, who is a very righteous and moral man who seeks our God and giving him guidance for leading our nation in the right paths.
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