Republican Party

noun

1. one of the two major political parties in the U.S.: originated 1854–56.
2. U.S. History. Democratic-Republican Party.

Republican Party

noun

1. See Democratic Party
   the more conservative of the two major political parties in the US: established around 1854 Compare Democratic Party
2. any of a number of political parties in other countries, usually so named to indicate their opposition to monarchy
3. See Democratic-Republican Party
   history another name for the Democratic-Republican Party

Republican party

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1. One of the two major political parties in the United States. The party began in 1854 ( see under “American History to 1865” ); Abraham Lincoln , elected in 1860, was the first Republican president. During Reconstruction , many Republicans were eager to punish the South for its former slaveholding and for its secession from the United States. The northern Republicans, for example, supported carpetbaggers in southern governments. After Reconstruction, the Republicans favored a high protective tariff and were generally considered the defenders of northeastern and business interests. The party supported the Spanish-American War and the expansion of United States territory overseas. Some Republicans were part of the Progressive movement of the early twentieth century. In the 1920s, the party reestablished its reputation for supporting business and as being wary of any expansion of the place of government in national life. This characterization is still a reasonably accurate, if simplistic, description of basic Republican views. Since Lincoln, the Republican presidents have been Andrew Johnson , Ulysses S. Grant , Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield , Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley , Theodore Roosevelt , William Howard Taft , Warren G. Harding , Calvin Coolidge , Herbert Hoover , Dwight D. Eisenhower , Richard Nixon , Gerald Ford , Ronald Reagan , George H. W. Bush , and George W. Bush .

Republican party

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1. A political party that began in 1854 and is today one of the two major political parties in the United States. Originally, it was composed mainly of northerners from both major parties of the time, the Democrats and the Whigs , with some former Know-Nothings as well. The first Republicans were united by their opposition to the expansion of slavery. Their first winning presidential candidate was Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

Notes

The party's symbol (see also symbol ) is an elephant .

The party is often called the GOP, which stands for “Grand Old Party.”

Example Sentences

That is not to say the Republican Party writ large is a violent political movement.

From Vox

Media Matters showed that it was circulated by Republican Party officials in Georgia, Texas, North Carolina and Oregon.

From Washington Post

It is fear of that fact that, more than anything else, explains and animates the modern Republican Party.

From Washington Post

All elected officials worry about contradicting their base, but in today’s Republican Party, that worry is almost completely divorced from policy.

From Washington Post

With the mayor stepping down, Scott Lewis, Sara Libby and Andrew Keatts discussed what could become of the local Republican Party.

From Voice of San Diego

Knight lived down the street from Scalise, and had met him a handful of times at Republican Party events.

From The Daily Beast

The news that Grimm was set to plead guilty sent shockwaves through the leadership of the Republican Party on Staten Island.

From The Daily Beast

“Traditionally, the Republican Party supports traditional marriage,” said Alice Stewart, a GOP strategist allied with Huckabee.

From The Daily Beast

How long has it been since the Republican Party had a smoking hot presidential ticket?

From The Daily Beast

It is a reasonable assumption, considering his roots in the Republican Party, in the Marines, and his proud Scots-Irish roots.

From The Daily Beast

Thus, the Republican Party won the twelve electoral votes of the state.

From Project Gutenberg

From the Republican Party the action of the Volunteers received unstinted and enthusiastic commendation.

From Project Gutenberg

Among the Nationalists the only section which was able to use the situation to advantage was the Republican Party.

From Project Gutenberg

His political allegiance is given the republican party, which he has supported since reaching adult age.

From Project Gutenberg

The Jacobins, the extreme republican party, grew rapidly in strength.

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