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Republican Party, or GOP (Grand Old Party), One of two major U.S. political parties. It was formed in 1854 by former members of the Whig, Democratic, and Free Soil parties who chose the party’s name to recall the Jeffersonian Republicans’ concern with the national interest above sectional interests and states’ rights.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Currently, the Republican Party has the most seats in the House of Representatives while the Democrats have the most seats in the Senate. The Vice President, a Democrat, holds a tie breaking vote in the United States Senate.
The National Union Party was the name used by the Republican Party and elements of other parties for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election during the Civil War. Most state Republican parties did not change their name. [1] The name was used to attract War Democrats, border state voters, and Unconditional Unionist, and Unionist ...
The 2016 Republican Party Platform declares: "We support the right of the United States citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state. We further recognize the historic significance of the 2012 local referendum in which a 54 percent majority voted to end Puerto Rico's current status as a U.S. territory, and 61 percent chose statehood over options for sovereign ...
The 1912 Progressive National Convention at the Chicago Coliseum. The Progressive Party was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé turned rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.
Main article: Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries § Mid-March states. Seven delegations had primary election allocating 230 delegates. Four smaller territories elected 24 delegates directly at their caucuses. Two delegation had caucuses starting the process of electing 61 unallocated delegates.
Republican Party United States senators from Nevada (13 P) Republican Party United States senators from New Hampshire (31 P) Republican Party United States senators from New Jersey (21 P) Republican Party United States senators from New Mexico (8 P) Republican Party United States senators from New York (state) (22 P)
