The first convention of the U.S. Republican…
July 1854 CE
The first convention of the U.S. Republican Party is held in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854.
The earliest meetings of people who may be identified as Republicans had been held in October 1853 in Exeter, New Hampshire, and in May 1854 in Ripon, Wisconsin, but the convention that formally launches the party is held at Jackson when a group of former Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers adopt the name Republican.
The earliest meetings of people who may be identified as Republicans had been held in October 1853 in Exeter, New Hampshire, and in May 1854 in Ripon, Wisconsin, but the convention that formally launches the party is held at Jackson when a group of former Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers adopt the name Republican.
The name appeals to those who recall Jeffersonian “republicanism” and generally place the national interest above sectional interest and above states' rights.
The party's founders, having specifically created it as an engine to oppose the westward extension of slavery, are firmly linked in common opposition to slavery, particularly to the recent passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which will potentially extend slavery into these newly created territories.
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