The Republican Party was founded in Ripon, Wisconsin in 1854, with the help of Francis Preston Blair.The Republican Party was formed by people who did not like the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which would let each territory allow slavery.The Republican Party was founded by past members of the Free Soil Party and the Whig Party who wanted to stop the expansion of slavery. More @Wikipedia
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