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Ads by Google      United States Republican party - encyclopedia article about United States Republican party. 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. The Republican Party currently has majorities in the Senate United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Republican Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Ohio was the eagle, as opposed to the Democratic rooster. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/United+States+Republican+Party   (4622 words)      Irish Republican Army - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch The deposed elements, who took a hardline republican stance, and opposed Provisional Sinn Féin's decision to abandon abstentionism and enter Dáil Éireann, set up a rival party and military wing, called Republican Sinn Féin and Continuity IRA. Though Republican history often claimed that the Rising and its leaders had public support, in reality there were widespread calls for the execution of the ringleaders, coming from the major Irish nationalist daily newspaper, the 'Irish Independent' and local authorities. The party went on to win a clear majority of seats in the 1918 general election and most were uncontested. http://encyclopedia.worldsearch.com/irish_republican_army.htm   (2443 words)      Encyclopedia: United States National Republican Party After the election of 1832, the National Republican party eventually fell apart. Those who supported Adams became known as the National Republicans, while others supported Andrew Jackson and formed the modern day Democratic Party. The National Republican Party was a United States political party that existed in the first half of the 19th century. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/United-States-National-Republican-Party   (239 words)      National Republican Party --  Encyclopædia Britannica Organized in 1792 as the Republican Party, its members held power nationally between 1801 and 1825. U.S. political party formed after what had been the Republican (or Jeffersonian Republican) party split in 1825. On Jan. 4, 1995, the Republican party took control of both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate for the first time in more than 40 years. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9055006   (851 words)      United States Republican Party Encyclopedia Article @ EveryAvenue.com Theodore Roosevelt represented the progressive faction of the Republican Party. The Republican party is known as the GOP. In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Republican Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Ohio was the eagle, as opposed to the Democratic rooster. http://www.everyavenue.com/encyclopedia/United_States_Republican_Party   (7132 words)      United States National Republican Party - definition of United States National Republican Party in Encyclopedia After the election of 1832, the National Republican party eventually fell apart. During John Quincy Adams's presidency the United States Democratic-Republican Party began to split, those who supported Adams became known as the National Republicans, while others supported Andrew Jackson and formed the modern day Democratic Party. The National Republican Party was a United States political party that existed in the first half of the 19th century. http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/United_States_National_Republican_Party   (194 words)      Republican - definition of Republican in Encyclopedia A republican in the context of Northern Ireland is someone who supports a range of Northern Irish parties, most notably Sinn Féin, from the nationalist community. Republican can also mean a supporter of the military organisation, such as the Irish Republican Army or the Irish National Liberation Army. Many of these organisations claim descent from earlier Irish republican movements such as the Irish Republican Brotherhood or the Easter Rising mounted in 1916. http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Republican   (220 words)      NRCC: National Republican Congressional Committee Paid for by the National Republican Congressional Committee Rep. Tom Delay’s PAC Americans for a Republican Majority (no site) The link categories include: Groups, Republican Organizations, Republican Leadership PAC’s, Information, Elections/Politics, Presidential Libraries, Media Links, Fun Links, Republican State Parties, and State Government. http://www.nrcc.org/nrcc_contents/news/links   (84 words)      Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia One became the National Republican Party, and backed the incumbent President, and the other, which became known as the Democratic Party, after their insistence that the President hold a national mandate from the people, backed Andrew Jackson. The National Republican faction became the Whig Party, after their opposition to "King Andrew", which would disintegrate in the 1850s when dissident Whigs and Northern Democrats formed the Republican Party. Along with the Republican Party, it is one of two major parties in the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party   (84 words)      National Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The National Republican Party was a United States political party that existed for a relatively brief period in the 1820s and 1830s. After the election of 1832, the National Republican party fell apart. The National Republicans ran Henry Clay against Andrew Jackson in the election of 1832, and Clay's loss convinced Jackson that the people had given him a mandate to abolish the Bank of the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Republican_Party   (84 words)      Handbook of Texas Online: REPUBLICAN PARTY The platform endorsed the national Republican party and Congressional Reconstruction, demanding the removal of all civil officials who had participated in the Rebellion or who opposed the policies of Congress. The Republican party of Texas originated in the spring of 1867, as Texans responded to the Congressional Reconstruction Act, passed on March 7. This grass-roots support of the Republican party showed up particularly in the growing number of Republicans elected to the state legislature. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/RR/war2.html   (84 words)      Republican National Convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The national committeeman, the national committeewoman and the chairman of the state Republican Party of, each state and American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. one additional delegate to each state per Republican it elected to the United States Senate in the six-year period prior to January 1 of the year in which the next national convention is held. The first convention of the fledgling Republican Party was held on July 6, 1854, in Jackson, Michigan, but the first to nominate a presidential candidate convened from June 17–19, 1856 at the Musical Fund Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Convention   (84 words)      NEW YORK REPUBLICANS VS. NATIONAL REPUBLICANS (Gotham Gazette. April 19, 2004) The divide between local Republicans and the national party can make it difficult for local officials to get federal aid for New York from a Republican president and a Republican controlled Congress. Incumbency is protecting local Republicans against the mismatch between themselves and their base; and the fact that New York Republicans export very large amounts of campaign money to support more conservative party candidates nationally gives them leeway with their national party leaders. Given the fact that Democrats outnumber Republicans in the city and the state, and that the national image of the Democrats is pro-choice and Republicans pro-life, this would seem logical. http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/feature-commentary/20040419/202/953   (84 words)      Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Archives: Republicans Robert Novak says Republican National Committee analysts "have sent this warning to the House of Representatives: The party is in danger of losing 25 seats in the 2006 election and, therefore, of losing control of the House for the first time since the 1994 election." A Republican political consultant "was sentenced to five months in jail and fined $15,600 for jamming Democratic Party telephone lines in several New Hampshire cities during the 2002 general election," the Manchester Union Leader reports. Black Republicans "are forming a national organization to recruit and register black voters that will be in step with the strategy of" RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman, the Washington Times reports. http://politicalwire.com/archives/republicans   (84 words)      ELECTION FALLOUT: WHAT NOW FOR BLACK REPUBLICANS? NATIONAL NEWS Section: IN THE NEWS Magazine: Black Enterprise, April, 1993 Since there are only three blacks on the 150-member Republican National Committee (RNC), black Republicans will have to find ways to prove their value to the Republican party, or they will be shut out of decision- making. Even Bins admits that "[Black Republicans] haven't penetrated important areas of influence within the party." That means to boost black membership in the GOP, blacks will have to be persuaded that white GOP leaders will protect their interests. It is difficult for many blacks to comprehend how black Republicans can tout their party as having been "founded on the ideals of freedom and inclusion," and yet fail to have influence in party politics. http://mgv.mim.edu.my/Articles/00075/96011043.Htm   (84 words)      National Republican party on Encyclopedia.com Clay was badly beaten, and by 1836 the National Republicans had combined with other groups opposed to Jackson to form the Whig party. The adherents of the National Republican party constituted a mixture of industrialists, business leaders, farmers, laborers, and mechanics, who believed in Clay's program of high tariffs, internal improvements, and a national bank. It was under this name that, following the lead of the Anti-Masonic party, they held a national nominating convention at Baltimore in Dec., 1831, and chose Henry Clay to oppose Jackson in the 1832 election. http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/N/NatlR1epu.asp   (84 words)      Getting the Message Out! The Second American Party System: The National Republican Party Led by Adams, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John M. Clayton of Delaware, and Samuel Southard of New Jersey, the National Republican party was almost non-existent west of Ohio and south of Maryland and Kentucky, save for Louisiana whose sugar planters wanted protective tariffs. National Republicans also unanimously opposed Democrats' Indian Removal Act of 1830, which called for moving tribes from southeastern states west of the Mississippi River, and that opposition contributed to their unpopularity in much of the South. In 1832 National Republicans ran Henry Clay for president against Jackson, and to provide Clay with what they expected to be a winning issue, they encouraged Nicholas Biddle to seek a new charter for the Bank of the United States that year. http://dig.lib.niu.edu/message/ps-nationalrepublican.html   (84 words)      Encyclopedia: United States Republican Party National Republican Senatorial Committee), and gubernatorial races (The Republican Governors Association is an association for governors in the United States who belong to the United States Republican Party. 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. National Republican Party of Henry Clay (April 12, 1777 in Hanover County, Virginia- June 29, 1852 in Lexington, Kentucky) was an American statesman and orator who served in both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/United-States-Republican-Party   (11584 words)      dada blog: Humm. Not the history I learned Biography of Andrew Jackson: "As national politics polarized around Jackson and his opposition, two parties grew out of the old Republican Party--the Democratic Republicans, or Democrats, adhering to Jackson; and the National Republicans, or Whigs, opposing him." The first convention of the U.S. Republican Party was held on July 6, 1854, in Jackson, Michigan. Biography of Thomas Jefferson: "Jefferson gradually assumed leadership of the Republicans, who sympathized with the revolutionary cause in France. http://www.giltner.us/blog/archives/2005/02/humm_not_the_hi.html   (11584 words)      Guide to Country Profiles The World Factbook Home National Democratic Party [William MIRANDA]; National Republican Party of Puerto Rico [Luis FERRE]; New Progressive Party or PNP [Pedro ROSSELLO]; Popular Democratic Party or PPD [Anibal ACEVIDA Vila]; Puerto Rican Independence Party or PIP [Ruben BERRIOS Martinez] Democratic Party [leader NA]; Republican Party [leader NA] Democratic Party (party of the Governor) [leader NA]; Republican Party (controls the legislature) [leader NA] http://www.fackbook2001.ultimate-resources.com/political_parties_and_leaders.html   (11584 words)      EssayLib.com :: free essays : Biographies : Andrew Jackson The Democrats considered the opposing party, the National Republicans, later known as the Whigs, aristocrats (1). John Adams' party was formerly known as the National Republicans, and later became the Whig Party (Encarta, 1). They had established a constitution in 1827 that would make them a republic that was part of Georgia, but it was refused because it was ruled in Cherokee Nation v. http://www.essaylib.com/library/essay/101361.html   (11584 words)      Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Republican Party currently has majorities in the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as in governorships and the majority of state legislatures. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States (the other being the Democratic Party). The Republican National Committee (RNC) of the United States is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as for coordinating fundraising and election strategy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_of_the_United_States   (11584 words)      National Republican Congressional Committee State Senator John Campbell to represent the Republican Party in the December 6 general election http://www.nrcc.org   (11584 words)      Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Democrats in the Northern states joined the Republicans in opposing the expansion of slavery, and at the 1860 nominating convention the Party split and nominated two candidates (see U.S. presidential election, 1860). In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Democratic Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Ohio was the rooster, as opposed to the Republican eagle. Of the two major U.S. parties, the Democratic Party is to the left of the Republican Party, though its politics are not as consistently leftist as the traditional social democratic and labor parties in much of the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party#Presidential_n...   (5963 words)      Republican Party - dKosopedia The Republican Party (often GOP for Grand Old Party) is a United States political party that was organized in Jackson, Michigan on February 28, 1854, as a party against the expansion of slavery. The first convention of the U.S. Republican Party was held on July 6, 1854, in Jackson, Michigan. The Republican Party came to be split along new lines between a conservative wing (dominant in the West) and a liberal wing (dominant in New England) -- combined with a residual base of inherited Midwestern Republicanism active throughout the century. http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Republican_Party   (5963 words)      Washington Blade Online John Farina, a member of the executive committee of the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Republican Committee, which covers the City of Cleveland; and Mark Brostoff, a two-time candidate for city council and Republican precinct representative in Bloomington, Ind., submitted letters to local GOP leaders declaring their resignation from the party. Two gay Republican leaders who asked that question in the past week announced their decision to leave their party. Giuliani, who has emerged as a national hero for his role in responding to the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on New York, is being positioned by Republican leaders as the “poster child” of the Republican National Convention, which is set to open in New York City in August. http://www.washblade.com/2004/3-5/news/national/appointee.cfm   (5963 words)      A Tribute to (For dummies) At the 1860 Republican National Convention, Abraham Lincoln became the Presidential nominee. Keeping in mind the significance of the Republican Party, Republicans worked to strike death to slavery. Party leaders saw the opportunity to broaden the base of the party and adopted the name National Union Party. http://www.geocities.com/mst84/shelbyt.html   (264 words)      Republican Party of Virginia In those states where state law establishes a non-partisan primary in which Republican candidates could participate, but in which the general election may not include a Republican candidate, the candidate endorsed by a convention held under the authority of the state Republican party shall be recognized by the Republican National Committee as the Republican nominee. Wherever state law permits or the Republican Party rules of a state require the election of delegates and alternate delegates by convention or there is no applicable state law or Republican Party rule, delegates and alternate delegates to the national convention shall be elected by congressional district or state conventions pursuant to the following rules: Such delegates shall be apportioned by the state Republican Party among counties, parishes, and cities of the state or district having regard to the Republican vote or the population therein. http://www.vagop.com/rpvcontents/whoweare/rules.shtml   (264 words)      National 1996 Republican National Convention The 1996 Republican National Convention was held in Vice President. 1992 Republican National Convention The 1992 Republican National Convention was held in the Dan Quayle. 1988 Republican National Convention The 1988 Republican National Convention was held in Indiana, for Vice President. http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/national.html   (264 words)      Republican G.O.P. history His Republican Party was the party of liberalism, of slashing the national debt and national defense expenditures and the end of the National Bank. The Republicans therefore became strongly identified as the party of Lincoln, the party that freed the slaves, and the party that won the war. The Republican Party had a stranglehold on the Presidency, electing Ulysses S. Grant in 1868 and 1872. http://ca.essortment.com/gophistory_rjoo.htm   (264 words)

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