In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...

Jackson’s party eventually dropped the “Republican” from its name. Today’s Republican party would be formed by anti-slavery activists in 1854.

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

Dr. King's dream for bipartisanship and collaboration is as urgent as ever in the new Trump era, writes John Hope Bryant ...

it is an oddly little known fact that the Republican Party was itself born on an anti-slavery, social justice platform in 1854, in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act which sought to expand slavery ...

The Republican Party, which succeeded the Whig Party, was founded in 1854 by Americans opposed to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which authorized the expansion of slavery into new territories.

In a way, in 1854, he was running against Stephen Douglas ... RUBENSTEIN: How does he become the nominee of a relatively new Republican Party for president? INSKEEP: When you have lots of ...

Figuring out the ever-changing political landscape in the United States can be challenging. This is especially the case if ...

Vermont had made national news in 1962 when Philip Hoff became the first Democrat to win popular election as governor since the founding of the Republican Party in 1854. But the GOP had a vise-grip on ...

But Trump proved his doubters wrong and quickly got to work refashioning the Republican Party into the party of Trump. The ...

America has a rich history of third parties in politics. The Republican party started off as a third party and quickly became ...