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The Republican party is a United States political party started in the 1850s as an anti-slavery party. (It is not to be confused with the Democratic-Republican party of Thomas Jefferson). It sometimes called "GOP", for "Grand Old Party". It was formed in the 1850s from the ashes of the Whig Party. Since the 1970s, the Republican Party is considered to be politically to the right of the United States Democratic Party.
Republican Party Presidents:
- Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
- Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
- James Garfield (1881)
- Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)
- Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
- William McKinley (1897-1901)
- Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
- William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
- Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
- Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
- Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
- Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1961)
- Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
- Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)
- Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
- George Bush (1989-1993)
- George W. Bush (2001-present)
Presidential candidates:
- John C. Fremont (Lost: 1856)
- Abraham Lincoln (Won: 1860, 1864)
- Ulysses S. Grant (Won: 1868, 1872)
- Rutherford B. Hayes (Won: 1876)
- James Garfield (Won: 1880)
- James G. Blaine (Lost: 1884)
- Benjamin Harrison (Won: 1888, Lost: 1892)
- William McKinley (Won: 1896, 1900)
- Theodore Roosevelt (Won: 1904)
- William Howard Taft (Won: 1908, Lost: 1912)
- Charles Evans Hughes (Lost: 1916)
- Warren G. Harding (Won: 1920)
- Calvin Coolidge (Won: 1924)
- Herbert Hoover (Won: 1928, Lost: 1932)
- Alfred M. Landon (Lost: 1936)
- Wendell L. Wilkie (Lost: 1940)
- Thomas Dewey (Lost: 1944, 1948)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (Won: 1952, 1956)
- Richard M. Nixon (Lost: 1960, Won: 1968, Won: 1972)
- Barry Goldwater (Lost: 1964)
- Gerald R. Ford (Lost: 1976)
- Ronald Reagan (Won: 1980, 1984)
- George Bush (Won: 1988, Lost: 1992)
- Bob Dole (Lost: 1996)
- George W. Bush (Won: 2000)
Other noted Republicans: