Republican Party of Wisconsin - History

History

See also: History of the United States Republican Party

After the introduction in Congress of the pro-slavery Kansas-Nebraska bill in January 1854, many meetings were held in protest across the country. The meeting held in Ripon, Wisconsin on March 20, 1854 is commonly cited as the birth of the Republican Party in the United States due to it being the first publicized anti-slavery meeting to propose a new party with its name being Republican.

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