What 1856 teaches us about the ramifications of the House speaker fight. The battle is worth winning for Kevin McCarthy — and could reshape the Republican Party ...

The movement grew so quickly that in 1856 the Republicans fielded a presidential candidate, John Frémont, ... was the first Republican Party nominee for president, in 1856.

Musk, who had been a close ally of the president, announced on X Saturday that he would be forming the “America Party.” His ...

The Republican Party was founded in Ripon, ... The first national convention of the new party was held in Pittsburgh on Feb. 22, 1856," said the Wisconsin Republican Party in its online history.

The Republican Party emerged in 1854 from the embers of the anti-slavery movement and the ashes of the Whigs. After its 1856 nominee lost, the Republican Party made its presidential debut with ...

The Republican Party was launched in a schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin. ... By 2011, both events had been wiped from the RNC's site, but the 1856 convention was still mentioned.