Who was the first elected for the republican party?
CREATE TABLE table_name_82 (first_elected VARCHAR, party VARCHAR)
SELECT first_elected FROM table_name_82 WHERE party = "republican"
### Context: CREATE TABLE table_name_82 (first_elected VARCHAR, party VARCHAR) ### Question: Who was the first elected for the republican party? ### Answer: SELECT first_elected FROM table_name_82 WHERE party = "republican"