Republican Party Definition

noun
One of the two major political parties in the U.S., organized in 1854 to oppose the extension of slavery.
Webster's New World
A former political party in the U.S., organized by Thomas Jefferson.
Webster's New World
The Democratic-Republican Party.
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Republican Party Sentence Examples

  • This has been called the first national victory of the Republican party.

  • The time had now come (1880) when the Republican party must nominate a candidate for the presidency.

  • Having failed to secure a re-election to the Senate in '887, Harrison was nominated by the Republican party for the presidency in 1888, and defeated Grover Cleveland, the candidate of the Democratic party, receiving 233 electoral votes to Cleveland's 168.

  • The factional strife in the Republican party continued, a number of efforts being made to impeach Governor Harrison Reed (1813-1899).

  • In July 1871 he was returned to the National Assembly for Marseilles at a by-election, and voted steadily with the Republican party.

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