Since a famous meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin, produced the Republican Party, all attempts at a major alternative political part have flopped miserably.

The Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, was the site of the formation of a new political party in 1854. And all of them were alarmed by the prospect of slavery spreading westward.

The delegates gathering in Milwaukee this week are awfully different than the band of abolitionists who founded the Republican Party in this Wisconsin town 170 years ago.

1854: In the North, anti-slavery activists from all parties begin meeting. ... Many Southerners find a new home in the Republican Party, leaving the Democrats for good. 1980: ...

The Little White Schoolhouse, in which the Republican Party was founded in 1854, is transported from the Ripon College campus to a site on the grounds of the Republican Education Foundation in 1852.

Ripon, Wisconsin is known as the birthplace of the Republican Party. Meetings held in the Little White Schoolhouse in 1854 led to the party’s creation.

Object Details Author Mayer, George H 1920-1999 Subject Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) History Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) History Contents The golden age of politics -- A new party arises -- ...

Jackson, Michigan, has also claimed status as the birthplace of the Republican Party. On July 6, 1854, a convention was held to nominate a statewide anti-slavery ticket.