abraham lincoln was the first president to be elected as a member of the original republican party.
the first president to be elected as a member of the original republican party was?
abraham lincoln
gardner was an original republican, casting his first vote for john c. fremont in 1856 and for every nominee of the republican party for president after that until his death. he was elected on the republican ticket to the ohio senate in 1861. in the re-election of abraham lincoln in 1864, gardner was a presidential elector for ohio.
mills gardner
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the mississippi republican party is the state affiliate of the united states republican party. the party chairman is lucien smith and is based in jackson, mississippi. the original republican party of mississippi was founded following the american civil war, the current incarnation of the mississippi republican party was founded in 1956. the party would grow in popularity during the 1960s with wedge issues such as the 1964 civil rights act, and today the party has the majority in the state.





















































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