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What famous explorer later became the first presidential candidate for the republican party?
John Fremont was noted as an explorer before running for president in 1856.
Who was the first president from republic party?
Abraham Lincoln was the first president from the Republican party.
What position did the republican party take on slavery in the 1850s?
The Republican Party as a whole, were against slavery. President Lincoln was a Republican. The Republican party was is the party of the republic, (a republic is the form of government the founders and framers designed), which is the United States. The party was created to give American's that believed in the Constitution a party to stand with. The Constitution is against slavery and so is the republic. The republican party was the first to have an African American and former Slave, Fredrick Douglass, as a vice presidential candidate.
What is the meeting where a political party chooses its presidential candidate?
A convention is a meeting where the political party names its candidate for presidential election. Running parties hold this convention.
Who was the Republican candidate for President in the election of 2008?
Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 69,297,997 and McCain 59,597,520.
