Republican Party Platform of 1856 - The American Presidency …
APP Note: The Official Proceedings of the 1856 Republican National Convention indicates that the platform was announced and read on the second day of the convention (June 18, 1856).
1856 Republican National Convention - Wikipedia
It was the first national nominating convention of the Republican Party, founded two years earlier in 1854. It was held to nominate the party's candidates for president and vice president in the …
1856 Republican Convention in Philadelphia - US History
A historical overview of the Republican convention of 1856, the very first Republican convention, in which Abraham Lincoln was selected as the first Republican nominee for President
The Republican Party and the 1856 Elections – Abraham Lincoln ...
Lincoln knew the Republican Party faced serious challenges as it lacked organization. For the 1856 presidential election, Democrats nominated James Buchanan, a former secretary of …
Republican Party Platform of 1856, June 18, 1856 · Civil War Era NC
Apr 8, 2012 · The Republican Party ran on a platform that emphasized their opposition to the extension of slavery to the western territories. However, they did not call for the outright …
The 1856 Presidential Election - North Carolina State University
With the 1856 Presidential election the nation gained an openly abolitionist-based political party, although the Republican Party did not call for an absolute abolition of slavery. Republicans …
Resolved: That, with our Republican fathers, we hold it to be a self-evident truth, that all men are endowed with the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that the …
History of the Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia
It is the second-oldest extant political party in the United States after its main political rival, the Democratic Party. In 1854, the Republican Party emerged to combat the expansion of slavery …
1856, The Rise Of The Republican Party – Constituting America
Mar 29, 2016 · By June, 1856, the Republicans had coalesced into a sectional anti-slavery party. The first Republican nominating convention in Philadelphia attracted many well-known men of …
Republican Philadelphia - US History
From the Republican Platform of 1856, the founding document of the Republican party, presented at the first Republican Convention in Philadelphia. The year is 1856. The issue of slavery …