I'm not sure what "made" the Republican Party, but the first Republican President was Abraham Lincoln. Hope it helps!
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∙ 9y agoIt is called the party of Lincoln because Abraham Lincoln was the first President that was Republican. Or for short Antislavery Whigs and free-soilers :)
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∙ 14y agoMostly the whigs. Kind of the dominant party that ran opposed to the democrats until the election of Lincoln, our nations first Republican president.
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Opposed southern slaveholders -Apex :)
at the time there was a party called the whigs. Then later he joined the republicans
The Republican Party is also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP).
Lincoln was in the Republican Party (like the majority of the Northern States). However, the Republican Party during Lincoln's time was very different than the Republicans now.
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Republican
The Republican Party.
Whigs, Democratic's, and some northern Democrats.
Scalawags, Carpetbaggers, an African Americans who were grateful
As of 2011 it is Republican which really messed up Obama.
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The Republican Party.
The Democratic-Republican Party was better known as the Republican Party. The later Republican Party was named to pay homage to this party.
Because Democratic is an adjective. Democrat is the noun form of that word. On the other hand, Republican is both an adjective and a noun, hence why members of the Republican Party are Republicans.
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It made victory for the Republican party inevitable.
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