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Rise of the Republican Party in Indiana 1854 60
Indiana politics in the 1850s centered on temperance and opposition to slavery expansion. The Kansas Nebraska Bill sparked division within the Democratic Party, with Indiana figures split on federal power over slavery and pressure from Free Soilers and anti slavery sentiment. This piece previews congressional voting dynamics and local responses as the era pushes toward a Republican realignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Indiana
Bush County
Maine
Montgomery County
M. (. Barber
Madison Courier
State Sentinel
Democratic Party
Congress
Indianapolis
Ellington
John Freeman
Freeman
Georgia
Free Soilers
Logansport
J. L. Robinson
Nebraska
Douglas
South
Territories
Kansas
Kansas- Nebraska
California
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
National Congress
Jesse D. Bright
John Pettit
Bright
Kentucky
Pettit
James H. Lane
Fourth
Daniel Mace
Highth
Lafayette Courier
Ebenezer M. Chamberlain
Tenth
The
Morning Journal
Andrew J. Harlan
Eleventh
Ford Smith Miller
William H. English
Cyrus Ll. Dunham
Thomas A. Hendricks
J. H W. Lane
Samuel W. Parker
E. M. Chamberlain
A. J. Harlan
John G. Davis
Norman Eddy