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What GOP Means

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Origins

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    The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by antislavery and free soil activists (those who wanted the federal government to grant Western lands to settlers).

Name

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    The origins of the term "Grand Old Party" date back to 1884. However, the words for the acronym have changed a few times---from "Gallant Old Party" to the "Go-Party," and even "Generation of Peace" during the Nixon administration.

Figures

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    Abraham Lincoln, elected in 1860, was the first Republican president to hold office. Others who followed included Teddy Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.

Views

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    According to WhatcomGOP.com, the Republican Party's core values are based in the championing of the individual and reducing the size of the federal government.

Symbol

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    The elephant as a Republican symbol first appeared in a Thomas Nast cartoon in 1874.

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