Since 1860, those two parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Republican Party emerged in 1854 from the embers of the anti-slavery movement and the ashes of the Whigs.

The animal mascots that represent the Democrats and Republicans were created over a century ago with color-coding scheme a ...

With the world's oldest democracy voting to elect its 47th President, let us take a quick trip down American history to ...

Just how witless is his notion that the Civil War was justly avoidable? In 1860 Lincoln and the Republican Party had pledged to prohibit slavery in all states newly admitted to the Union.

November 6, Abraham Lincoln wins presidency By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Nov. 6, the 311th day of 2024. There ...

The Southerners were also terrified by the 1860 Republican Party platform, which they denounced in frenzied language similar to contemporary progressive critics of Project 2025. The Tarboro ...

The appeal is an appalling document, which exposes both the political bankruptcy of American liberalism and the deplorable ...

On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected President of the United ...

He was glad to hear that there was every prospect of success. The Republican Party could spare 20,000 or 30,000 votes in this State, and yet elect Mr. LINCOLN; yet he hope that all would come up ...

Early in the 1860 election, a core of young clerks in Connecticut formed a club to help campaign for the antislavery Republican Party. They happened to live in the state with the highest literacy ...

In 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney to win a second term. Federal finance reports ...

Backstabbing and corruption are often common features of politics, so much so that many people are repelled by the entire process. The obsessive quest for power sometimes turns upstanding citizens ...