This Day in History - March 20: Republican Party founded following Kansas-Nebraska Act

The founding meeting of the Republican Party took place in Wisconsin on March 20, 1854.

The Key Moment in Republican Convention History That Shows Just How Much the GOP Has Changed

As Republicans arrive in Milwaukee to nominate Donald Trump, the convention comes on the 60th anniversary of an important ...

How the Homeland Security deal unraveled and split Republican leaders in Congress

For several hours Friday, in the stillness before dawn, the Senate appeared to have finally figured out how to fund most of ...

This Day in History: GOP organizes as party in opposition to slavery expansion

On this day in history, March 20, 1854, the Republican Party was founded to oppose the expansion of slavery and the ...

Opinion. How did we go from Lincoln to Trump in the Republican Party?

Retired history teacher Jack Burgess traces the Republican Party's evolution from Abraham Lincoln's anti-slavery stance to ...