Question

Who was our first Republican president and why was this party originally formed?

Answer 1

In 1854, the Republican Party emerged to combat the expansion of slavery into American territories after the passing of the Kansas–Nebraska Act. The early Republican Party consisted of northern Protestants, factory workers, professionals, businessmen, prosperous farmers, and after the Civil War, former black slaves. The party had very little support from white Southerners at the time, who predominantly backed the Democratic Party in the Solid South, and from Catholics, who made up a major Democratic voting block. While both parties adopted pro-business policies in the 19th century, the early GOP was distinguished by its support for the national banking system, the gold standard, railroads, and high tariffs. The party opposed the expansion of slavery before 1861 and led the fight to destroy the Confederate States of America (1861–1865). While the Republican Party had almost no presence in the Southern United States at its inception, it was very successful in the Northern United States, where by 1858 it had enlisted former Whigs and former Free Soil Democrats to form majorities in nearly every Northern state.

With the election of its first president, Abraham Lincoln, in 1860, the Party's success in guiding the Union to victory in the American Civil War, and the Party's role in the abolition of slavery, the Republican Party largely dominated the national political scene until 1932. In 1912, former Republican president Theodore Roosevelt formed the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party after being rejected by the GOP and ran unsuccessfully as a third-party presidential candidate calling for social reforms. After 1912, many Roosevelt supporters left the Republican Party, and the Party underwent an ideological shift to the right.[32] The GOP lost its congressional majorities during the Great Depression (1929–1940); under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democrats formed a winning New Deal coalition that was dominant from 1932 through 1964.

Answer 2

The Republican Party gained its way in 1860, because it won both of the houses in Congress.

It became that way by the electors, the people to vote in.  So it gained power to the houses, and won.

By a Republican man named Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican President to be in the White House.

He was assassinated, and the Republican Party still remained to rule out.

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president. Under the leadership of Lincoln and a Republican Congress, slavery was banned in the United States in 1865. The Party was generally dominant during the Third Party System and the Fourth Party System.

Answer 4

Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president. The Republican Party was originally formed in 1854 by a group of anti-slavery activists who opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories and states. They believed that slavery was morally wrong and wanted to prevent its spread in the United States. The party was also committed to economic policies that favored the development of industry and the growth of the national economy.

Answer 5

The party opposed the expansion of slavery before 1861 and led the fight to destroy the Confederate States of America (1861–1865). While the Republican Party had almost no presence in the Southern United States at its inception, it was very successful in the Northern United States, where by 1858 it had enlisted former Whigs and former Free Soil Democrats to form majorities in nearly every Northern state.

Answer 6

They believed that slavery was morally wrong and wanted to prevent its spread in the United States. The party was also committed to economic policies that favored the development of industry and the growth of the national economy.