On March 20, 1854 the Republican Party was Founded by Anti-Slavery Activists

“We are Republicans. But we are Americans first. It is as Americans that we express our concern with the growing confusion that threatens the security and stability of our country.” — Margaret Chase Smith, American politician who served as a U.S. representative from 1940–1949 and a U.S. senator from 1949–1973. 


More essential education not taught in our garbage government public schools.

On this day in history, March 20, 1854, Republican Party founded to oppose expansion of slavery

Anti-slavery activists motivated as pending Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned Missouri Compromise

By Kerry J. Byrne | Fox News

The Republican Party, forged from of a coalition of political forces to oppose the advance of slavery in the American west, was created in Ripon, Wisconsin, on this day in history, March 20, 1854.

“The Republican Party grew out of resistance to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which overrode the Missouri Compromise and allowed slavery to spread into Western territory by popular sovereignty,” writes PBS American Experience in its history of political parties in the United States.

“‘Anti-Nebraska’ men included anti-slavery Whigs, Democrats, Free Soilers, reformers, and abolitionists.”

On this day in history, March 20, 1854, Republican Party founded to oppose expansion of slavery

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