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G O Celebrates Its 152 Birthday With History Lesson
A long World War I era styled piece recounts the origins of the Republican party. It cites Ripon Wisconsin and Jackson Michigan as cradle sites, notes Alvan Earle Boyay and Jedediah Bowen, and describes the 1854 birth of a party opposing slavery with leaders like Horace Greeley and Stephen A. Douglas influencing early campaigns.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Republican Party
G. O. OP
Republicdh
Kipow
Wis
Jackson
Mich
Inn
Del
Tipan College
James W. Good
Hoover
Walter J. Keller
Wisconsin
Second
Wranklin
Ripon
Inck
Northwest
Orthwest
Ohio
Michigan
Dakota
Iipon
New York
Alvan Earle Boyay
Jefferson County
Hovny
Jederiah Bowen
Mpon
Timhe
Bovay
Boony
Républican Party
New York City
Horace Aieeley
Rae Hut
Congress
Anes
Nebensha
Petver
Singery
Missouri
Bovayi
Greeley
Free States
Levejay’s
Bovey
Azul
Hrain
Kipou
Distriet
Hovay
Free Soil
Jedediah Bow
Amos Lopez
A. Thoms
J. Wooden
Stephen A. Douglas
Republica
Committee of Revolution
Tacah M. Howard
Fathers of the Republic
Massichusetts
Veremont
Made
House of Representatives