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The Republican Party is one of two major political parties in the United States of America. It is often called to as the Grand Old Party or the GOP.
It is the younger of the two major U.S. political parties, and the second oldest active political party in the United States.
The Republican Party was established in 1854 by a group of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a vision for modernizing the United States. The party founders adopted the name Republican in reference to 1776 republican values of civic virtue and opposition to aristocracy and corruption.
The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 began a new era of Republican dominance based in the industrial Northeast and agricultural Midwest. Republicans still often refer to their party as the party of Lincoln.
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