Trace the political history of the Republican Party (Senate, House, President parties and ideals) from 1877 through today
By schwartzph
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First Republican President from 1877 to today.
Rutherford B. Hayes is elected president this day to become the 19th President in 1877 winning the electoral votes 185 to 184 against Samuel J. Tilden of New York. -
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Trace the political history of the Republican Party (Senate, House, President parties and ideals) from 1877 through today
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James Garfield
Elected to be the 20th President of the United States of America. -
Womens sufferage.
Republicans supported the womens sufferage. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was the President from 1901-1909. Best known as the trust buster and setting up the Panama Canal for a quick route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. -
Lynching bill
The U.S. House adopted Representative Leonidas Dyer's bill making lynching a federal crime. Filibustering Senate Democrats killed the measure. -
Supreme Court Nomination
Republicans opposed Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Supreme Court nominee of U.S. Senator Hugo Black, former Klansman who defended Klansmen against race-murder charges. -
Civil Rights act
Eisenhower signs the GOP's 1960 Civil Rights Act after it survived a five-day, five-hour filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats -
Ronald Reagan Presidency
On January 20, 1981, Reagan took office. Only 69 days later he was shot by a would-be assassin, but quickly recovered and returned to duty. His grace and wit during the dangerous incident caused his popularity to soar. -
Ronald Regan's Voting rights act
June 29, 1982: President Ronald Reagan signed a 25-year extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -
Martin Luther King Jr. Rememberance
President Reagan established Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday, the first such honor for a black American.
