Republican Party
The Rhode Island Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Rhode Island. Mark Zaccaria is the Party Chairman; Pat Sweeney is the Executive Director.
The Republican Party was formed by former northern anti-slavery Whigs, Democrats, and other northern politicians. The anti-slavery Republicans absorbed most of the American Party, Whigs, the Know-Nothings and Unionists by 1857.
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