[PAR] [TLE] History of the United States Republican Party [SEP] The Republican Party, also commonly called the GOP (for "Grand Old Party"), is one of the world's oldest extant political parties.  It is the second oldest existing political party in the United States after its primary rival, the Democratic Party.  It emerged in 1854 to combat the Kansas–Nebraska Act, an act that dissolved the terms of the Missouri Compromise and allowed slave or free status to be decided in the territories by popular sovereignty.  The Party had almost no presence in the Southern United States, but by 1858 in the North it had enlisted former Whigs and former Free Soil Democrats to form majorities in nearly every Northern state. [PAR] [TLE] Joseph E. Tinney [SEP] Joseph Emmanuel Tinney (April 24, 1910May 13, 2006) was an American attorney and politician from San Francisco.  A Republican, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and then San Francisco city assessor, "Tinney's integrity was so unquestioned that mayors from both parties -- Republican George Christopher and Democrat John Shelley -- appointed him to the city posts, and Democratic political leaders played key roles in his re-election campaigns."
[PAR] [TLE] History of the United States Republican Party [ SEP ] The Republican Party , also commonly called the GOP ( for " Grand Old Party " ) , is one of the world 's oldest extant political parties . It is the second oldest existing political party in the United States after its primary rival , the Democratic Party . It emerged in 1854 to combat the Kansas – Nebraska Act , an act that dissolved the terms of the Missouri Compromise and allowed slave or free status to be decided in the territories by popular sovereignty . The Party had almost no presence in the Southern United States , but by 1858 in the North it had enlisted former Whigs and former Free Soil Democrats to form majorities in nearly every Northern state . [PAR] [TLE] Joseph E. Tinney [ SEP ] Joseph Emmanuel Tinney ( April 24 , 1910May 13 , 2006 ) was an American attorney and politician from San Francisco . A Republican , a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors , and then San Francisco city assessor , " Tinney 's integrity was so unquestioned that mayors from both parties -- Republican George Christopher and Democrat John Shelley -- appointed him to the city posts , and Democratic political leaders played key roles in his re - election campaigns . "
Joseph E. Tinney is a part of what party that is commonly called the GOP?
Joseph E. Tinney is a part of what party that is commonly called the GOP ?
The Republican Party
The Republican Party