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Rise of the Republican Party in Indiana 1854 to 1860
The article recounts Indiana Republican growth from 1854 to 1860, detailing convention dynamics in Indianapolis, candidate speculation for governor and U S Senate, and the push to unite opposition to the Democrats. It notes key figures like Lane Morton Ot t and the party platform opposing slavery expansion while supporting homestead aims, and covers preparations for the Chicago convention and potential presidential contenders.
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Republican Party
Indiana
M. (. Barber
Republican State Central Committee
State Central Committee
Secion
Committee
Esme Tial
mMahobe
Cieker
Wis
Gaminaton
F T. OS. Lane
Oliver P. Morton
William T. Ou
Judge Ot
Lane
Morton
United States
United States Senate
Indianapolis
Metronetitan
Frerecho Owas
State House
PP. A. Haekienmn
Rush County
M. C. Barber
Lawrones County
Nelson
Vigo
O. P. Morton
Montgomery County
Wayne County
William A. Peele
Randolph County
Albert Lange
Vigo County
James G. Jones
Vanderburgh County
Supreme Court
John P. Jones
la Grange County
Miles P. Fletcher
Putnam County
William T. Ott
P. A. Hackleman
D. A. Pratt
Cass County
Caleb B. Smith
Marion County
Chicago
A.H. Conner
Hielscher
Bates
New Albany Daily Ledger
Res. Hicks
Rockport
Maine
Fillmore
Lanois
M.C. Garber
National Republican Committee
The
Sentinel
Republican National Committee
People’s Party
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ilineis
Old Northwest
Republican
B. R. Sulgrove
Indianapolis Journal
Schuyler Colfax
South Bend Register
R. W. Thompson
John J. Defrees
Cadmeron
Veuve
Ilinois
Mayo
Alan
Missouri
Paag
Congress
Territories
Fremont
Lincoln
John 2. Defreey
Iinois
Oregon
Soule
John R. MclLean
Ohio
Seward
Illinois
Chase
Col. A. K. McClure
New York
Hughes
Defrees
A. G. Curtain
McClure
David P. Wilmot
J. R. Cravens
Madison
Walter March
John Beard
D. D. Pratt
William T. Otto