republican party and democratic party

Founding of the Republican Party

Feb 28, 1854

Abraham Lincoln started the republican party to stop the proslavery hapening in the united states.

Republican Elephant is born

Feb 28, 1854

The elephant that represents the rpublicans was put into a political cartoon. the artists name was Thomas Nast.

Abraham Lincoln First Republican President

Mar 4, 1861

Abraham Lincoln ran for slavery to slowly kill slavery and for it to go away and die out on it's own, but he had a very slim chance of winning because he ran against three other widely known men. he was brought into polotics after hearing of the dredd scott case.

Emancipation Proclomation

Sep 22, 1862

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclomation, declaring that as of January 1st, 1863 all slaves shall be freed.

Abraham Lincoln Dies

Apr 15, 1865

Assasinated John Wilkes Booth

Ulysses S. Grant Was elected as president

Mar 4, 1869

First Republican presiedent to serve two full terms.

William McKinley elected as president

Nov 3, 1896

The election of 1896 is widely seen as as resurgence of Republican dominance.

Theodore roosevelt became president

Sep 14, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt was voted vice president in 1900, but became president in 1901. because president Mckinley was shot and killed.

Richard Nixon becomes prsident

Jan 20, 1969

in 1960 Nixon lost to JFK, but in 1968 he was elected president he got 301 votes and beat his oppenent.

obama voted for president

Nov 4, 2008

Barack Obama was voted into office in 2008 and is still in office until the end of 2012.