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At the first public meeting of the anti-Nebraska movement on March 20, 1854, at the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, the name "Republican" was proposed as the name of the party. [43] The name was partly chosen to pay homage to Thomas Jefferson 's Democratic-Republican Party . [ 44 ]
The first anti-Nebraska local meeting where "Republican" was suggested as a name for a new anti-slavery party was held in a Ripon, Wisconsin schoolhouse on March 20, 1854. [14] The first statewide convention that formed a platform and nominated candidates under the Republican name was held near Jackson, Michigan , on July 6, 1854.
Bovay told his future friend of his idea of a new party named the Republican Party, and Greeley, who had himself already proposed the name "Republican," was enthusiastic. In 1854, because of the issue of the Kansas–Nebraska Act being considered by the United States Congress , Bovay, a member of the 36-year-old Whig Party, called a meeting to ...
The 1856 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that met from June 17 to June 19, 1856, at Musical Fund Hall at 808 Locust Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] It was the first national nominating convention of the Republican Party, founded two years earlier in 1854.
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The Republican Schoolhouse, also known as Little White Schoolhouse or Birthplace of the Republican Party, is a historic former one-room schoolhouse now located at 1074 West Fond Du Lac Street in Ripon, Wisconsin. Built in 1853, it was designated a National Historic Landmark for its role in the 1854 founding of the Republican Party. [1]
The 1900 Republican National Convention included a historic first for the Republican Party: Frances Warren of Wyoming served as the party's first-ever female convention delegate. [1] Additionally Jennie L. McCargar Jones, of Utah, and Susan Henderson West of Idaho served as alternate delegates. [2] [3] [4]