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=== Founding === | === Founding === | ||
The Republican Party was founded on March 20, 1854 as | The Republican Party was founded on March 20, 1854 as coalition of the industrial [[bourgeoisie]] in the north-eastern states, advocating for an end to the political power of the [[Slavery in the United States|slave]] owning [[oligarchy]] in the south. The victory of the Republican candidate, [[Abraham Lincoln]], in the 1860 election would lead to the secession of the slave-holding states and the beginning of the [[Statesian Civil War]], lasting from 1861 to 1865, ending in a victory for the Union and the elimination of [[chattel slavery]] in the US.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=V. V. Shimanovskii|year=1979|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Republican+party|chapter=Republican Party}}</ref> | ||
=== In power === | === In power === | ||