On March 20, 1854, several dozen citizens, alarmed by the prospect of slavery spreading westward, gathered in a little white schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, widely believed to be the birthplace of the GOP. Source
On March 20, 1854, several dozen citizens, alarmed by the prospect of slavery spreading westward, gathered in a little white schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, widely believed to be the birthplace of the GOP. Source