Republican Party: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Anti-Nebraska Democratic Party • Grand Old Party • People’s Party • GOP
Date	1854 - present
Areas Of Involvement	conservatism • Republican National Convention • Why Are Two Political Parties Dominant in the U.S.?
Related People	Anna Elizabeth Dickinson • Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms • William Pitt Fessenden • Joseph Medill • Kate Chase Sprague • Donald Trump • Abraham Lincoln • George W. Bush • Ronald Reagan • Warren Rudman • James R. Thompson • Christine Todd Whitman • Herbert Brownell, Jr. • Ileana Ros-Lehtinen • Harold Edward Stassen

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1860 U.S. presidential election cartoon

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Dwight Eisenhower stands between Richard Nixon, left, and Arthur Summerfield, raising their arms in celebration at campaign headquarters with a banner showing their portraits behind them.

Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford

Follow Eisenhower's path to become the Republican nominee in the United States presidential election of 1952

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