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Rise of the Republican Party in Indiana 1854 to 1860
A historical overview outlines the Indiana Republican rise from 1854 to 1860, detailing conventions in Indianapolis, the fight over United States senatorial elections, the 1857 and 1858 political battles, Lecompton Kansas debates, and party realignments as Democrats split over slavery and Kansas policy. It notes key figures like O. P. Morton, Jesse D. Bright, and Warren Willard, and mentions newspaper stances and legislative standoffs that shaped Indiana politics during this era.
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Republican Party
Indiana
General Assembly
United States
Indianapolis
O. P. Morton
Lane
Weton
Vhia
Messrs
Bobbs
Marion County
Nice
Rush County
Cooper
Fountain County
State Senate
Wieselien
Willard
Bobbs and Rice
Senate
Hammond
House
Graham W. Fitch
Fillmore
G. ¢. Dunn
Jesse D. Bright
Fitch
Bright
Hicks
The
Rockport Democrat
Know Nothings
Democratic Senate
New Albany
Seder
United States Senate
Bright and Fitch
LeRoy Woods
Clark County
Woods
Miller-Shyrock
Fulton County
Shyrock
Miller
Hospital For the Insane
Institution For the
Statehouse
R. W. Thompson
Terre Dante
Milton Gregg
Committee On
UV Os
Sentinel
Supreme Court
Samuel 3. Gaukins
William Z. Stuart
Republican State Central Committee
Horace P. Biddle
Cass County
Elias 8. Terry
Parke County
Philadelphia
Kansas
State Journal
Congress
Plains of
Democratic Party
Lecompton Convention
New Albany Daily Ledger
Lecompton
Kan
R. S. Hicks
Indianapolis National Democrat
New Albany Ledger
Terre Haute Journal
Spencer Guard
Decatur Democrat
South Bend Forum
la Porte Times
Goshen Democrat
Logansport Phares
Corydon Democrat
Washington Democrat
Salem
Cannelton Reporter
Newburgh Democrat
Princeton Clarion
Sullivan Democrat
Indianapolis Volksblatt
Greenfield Democrat
Lawrenceburg Register
Crawfordsville Review
Columbus Democrat
Dawnstown Democrat
Greensburg Democrat
Anderson Standard
Shelbyville Volunteer
Franklin Jeffersonian
Brookville
Bedford Democrat
Fort Wayne
Jeffersonian
Albion Democrat
Douglas
Jesse DP
Tyight
David Kilgore
House of Representatives
Henry Clay
William Kk. English
Jlecompton
George W. Julian
Aquilla Jones
Laporte County
Rockport
James 58. Green
Missouri
English
Mobile Register
Charleston Mercury