The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party, is one of the two major political parties in the United States. Founded in 1854, it is the second-oldest extant political party in the United S
Musical Fund Hall at 808 Locust Street in Center City Philadelphia, where the first Republican nominating convention for president and vice president was held from June 17 to 19, 1856
Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican President (1861–1865)
African-American members of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives: Sen. Hiram Revels (R-MS) and Reps. Benjamin Turner (R-AL), Robert DeLarge (R-SC), Josiah Walls (R-FL), Jefferson Long (R-GA), Joseph Rainey (R-SC), and Robert B. Elliott (R-SC), 1872
Ulysses S. Grant was the first Republican president to serve for two full terms (1869–1877).
William McKinley
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William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely do
History of the Republican Party (United States)
…national prohibition was finally passed in 1919 (repealed in 1933), serving as a major issue between the wet Democrats and the dry GOP. The election of William McKinley in 1896 marked a resurgence of Republican dominance and was a realigning election. The GOP now had a decisive advantage nationwide and in the industrial…
McKinley c. 1900
Rutherford B. Hayes was McKinley's mentor during and after the Civil War.
Ida Saxton McKinley
Katherine McKinley