Card, Identification

Archive

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Museum of History Benicia

Name/Title

Card, Identification

Entry/Object ID

2018.012.0107

Scope and Content

Informational Card The Republican Party: Birth of an Antislavery Party February 1854 Back of card has a summary of the political party. Mentions Democratic Party, Whig Party, and presidential election of 1856. Fascinating Fact:Abraham Lincoln, a former Whig, joined the Republican Party in 1856. In 1858, he lost the race for U.S. Senate to Stephen A. Douglas, author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection