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One of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
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Democratic Party (United States)
76 linksOne of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
One of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s.
Abraham Lincoln
34 linksAmerican lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
He reentered politics in 1854, becoming a leader in the new Republican Party, and he reached a national audience in the 1858 Senate campaign debates against Stephen Douglas.
Donald Trump
31 linksAmerican politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
He won the 2016 United States presidential election as the Republican nominee against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton but lost the popular vote, becoming the first U.S. president with no prior military or government service.
American Civil War
25 linksCivil war in the United States between the Union (states that remained loyal to the federal union, or "the North") and the Confederacy (states that voted to secede, or "the South").
Civil war in the United States between the Union (states that remained loyal to the federal union, or "the North") and the Confederacy (states that voted to secede, or "the South").
The Republican Party was determined to prevent any spread of slavery to the territories, which, after they were admitted as states, would give the North greater representation in Congress and the Electoral College.
George H. W. Bush
27 linksAmerican politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and as Director of Central Intelligence.
Ronald Reagan
26 linksAmerican politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
A member of the Republican Party starting in 1962, he previously served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.
Whig Party (United States)
19 linksPolitical party that espoused traditionalist conservatism in the United States during the middle of the 19th century.
Political party that espoused traditionalist conservatism in the United States during the middle of the 19th century.
The Whigs collapsed following the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act in 1854, with most Northern Whigs eventually joining the anti-slavery Republican Party and most Southern Whigs joining the nativist American Party and later the Constitutional Union Party.
Free Soil Party
14 linksThe Free Soil Party was a short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican Party.
Kansas–Nebraska Act
16 linksTerritorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
Territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
Its Northern remnants would give rise to the anti-slavery Republican Party.
Theodore Roosevelt
13 linksAmerican politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
Having assumed the presidency after McKinley's assassination, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies.