Origins of the Republican Party, 1852-1856

Name: Origins of the Republican Party, 1852-1856
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ISBN: 9780195041002

ISBN-10: 0195041003

ISBN-13: 9780195041002

Edition: 1987

Authors: William E. Gienapp

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The 1850s saw in America the breakdown of the Jacksonian party system in the North and the emergence of a new sectional party--the Republicans--that succeeded the Whigs in the nation's two-party system. This monumental work uses demographic, voting, and other statistical analysis as well as the more traditional methods and sources of political history to trace the realignment of American politics in the 1850s and the birth of the Republican party. Gienapp powerfully demonstrates that the organization of the Republican party was a difficult, complex, and lengthy process and explains why, even after an inauspicious beginning, it ultimately became a potent political force. The study also…

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List price: $195.00
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/4/1987
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 640
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.21" long x 1.90" tall
Weight: 2.310
Language: English



Introduction



The Presidential Election of 1852



The Collapse of the Second Party System



Nebraska and Nativism



The Confusion of Fusion



The Failure of Fusion



New Issues, New Leaders, New Organizations



Launching the Republican Party



The Formation of a National Party Organization



Spring Breakthrough



The Nomination of Fremont



Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men, Fremont



The Fremont Campaign



A Victorious Defeat


Bibliography


Statistical Appendix


Tables


Index