The Republican Party,known retroactively as the Democratic-Republican Party,was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s. It championed liberalism,republicanism,individual liberty,equal rights,separation of church and state,freedom of religion,decentralization,free markets,free trade,and agrarianism. In foreign policy it was hostile to Great Britain and the Netherlands and in sympathy with the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars. The party became increasingly dominant after the 1800 elections as the opposing Federalist Party collapsed.
Presidential elections were held in the United States from November 4 to December 7,1796,when electors throughout the United States cast their ballots. It was the first contested American presidential election,the first presidential election in which political parties played a dominant role,and the only presidential election in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing tickets. Incumbent vice president John Adams of the Federalist Party defeated former secretary of state Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party.
Michael Edward Lowry was an American politician who served as the 20th governor of Washington from 1993 to 1997. His political career ended when his deputy press secretary,Susanne Albright,made accusations of sexual misconduct against him. A member of the Democratic Party,Lowry served as a United States Representative from Washington's 7th congressional district from 1979 to 1989,and unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate twice,in 1983 and 1988.
Thomas Joseph Tauke is an American politician,lawyer,and corporate executive from Iowa. He is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives,serving six terms from 1979 to 1991.
John Adams Hyman was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1875 to 1877. A Republican,he was the first African American to represent the state in the House of Representatives. He was elected from North Carolina's 2nd congressional district,including counties in the northeast around New Bern. Earlier he served in the North Carolina Senate.
James Glenn Beall was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a U.S. Representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. Senator (1953–1965) from Maryland.
Thomas Fisher Railsback was an American politician and lawyer who served eight terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983 for Illinois's 19th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,he sat on the House Judiciary Committee,which in 1974,voted to refer articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon to the full House.
Gilbert Gude was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district from 1967 to 1977. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Elizabeth Johnston Patterson was an American politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party,she was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993.
James Andrew Courter is an American Republican Party politician and attorney. He represented parts of northwestern New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In 1989,he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of New Jersey.
Cassius Clay Dowell was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to 1935,and again from 1937 until his death in 1940,with the interregnum caused by an unsuccessful campaign for reelection in 1934.
William Joseph Scherle was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Southwestern Iowa from 1967 to 1975. He was a member of the Republican Party.
United States President Barack Obama,a member of the Democratic Party,was endorsed or supported by some members of the Republican Party and by some political figures holding conservative views in the 2008 election. Although the vast majority of Obama's support came from liberal constituencies,some conservatives identified in him shared priorities or other positive attributes. As in any election,voters can and sometimes do cross party lines to vote for the other party's nominee. Republican and conservative Obama supporters were often referred to as "Obama Republicans","Obamacans" or "Obamacons".
Sandra Adams is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Florida's 24th congressional district. She is a member of the Republican Party. She is a former law enforcement professional who represented District 33 in the Florida House of Representatives. On August 14,2012,she was defeated in her bid for a second term in the Republican primary election by fellow Congressman John Mica after being redistricted to the 7th district.
The 2002 congressional elections in Minnesota, were held on November 5,2002 to determine who would represent the state,in the United States House of Representative.
The 1977 United States House of Representatives special election in Minnesota's 7th congressional district was held on February 22,1977,to select the successor to Bob Bergland (DFL) who resigned to accept appointment as Secretary of Agriculture under the Carter Administration. Independent-Republican candidate Arlan Stangeland defeated the DFL favorite,Mike Sullivan,in an upset landslide.
The Walter Mondale 1984 presidential campaign began on February 21,1983,when Walter Mondale,a former Minnesota senator and vice president of the United States,announced that he was running for president in a speech at the Minnesota State Capitol. Mondale won the Democratic Party's presidential nomination after convincing Frank Lautenberg,a previously unpledged party delegate,to support him. Lautenberg's vote gave Mondale the 1,967 delegate votes needed to become the Democratic Party's nominee. Mondale picked Geraldine Ferraro,a U.S. representative from New York,as his running mate.
