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Origin and Rise of Indiana Republican Party 1854-60
A historical overview of Indiana politics in 1854 detailing the Kansas Nebraska Act debate, party realignments, and the rise of a new anti Democratic coalition led by Lane Defrees Colfax and others. It traces how temperance, anti Nebraska sentiment, Know Nothings, Free Soil, and Abolitionists converged, reshaping Indiana's political landscape.
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Republican Party
Indiana
Nebraska
Chamberlain
Eddy
Harlan
Lane
Mace
Parker
Davis
Dunham
English
Hendricks
Miller
John D. Detrees
The
Morning Journal
Defrees
North
Ford Miller
Indianapolis
Oliver P. Morton
Bright
Morton
Committee On Resolutions
United States
Kansas
Congress
Franklin Pierce
Saids
Douglas
U. S. Senate
Confederacy
Know Nothings
Godlove S. Orth
Tippecanoe County
J. H. Cravens
Free Soil Party
Europe
Free Soilers
Democratic Party
Henry S. Lane
Montgomery County
John D. Defrees
Schuyler Colfax
St. Joseph Register
Cyrus Allen
Indi
Territories
Whitcomb
California
New Mexico