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The Republican Party is the younger of the two, and has a more distinct beginning, of date, place and even time: March 20, 1854, Ripon, Wisconsin, evening hours, at the schoolhouse. See the link below for “A participant recalls the Ripon meeting of March 20, 1854. Milwaukee man one of seventeen who christened the Republican party” |
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It may be a bit of a bold statement, but it seems to me that the Republican signature is represented by Jupiter and the Democratic one is represented by Saturn, thus matching the broad-stroke planetary definitions listed above. Data Republican Party http://en.wikipedia.org http://www.ripon-wi.com/ripon-wi/page.asp?p=little_white_schoolhouse http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=948 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wlhba/articleView.asp?pg=1&id=2135&key=republican&cy= Dates Birth: March 20, 1854, Ripon, Wisconsin, in a schoolhouse, in the evening hours. First official meeting: July 6, 1854, Jackson, Michigan, “under the oaks” (daytime) First national convention: February 22, 1856, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Democratic Party http://www.arkdems.org/HistoryofDemocraticParty.aspx http://people.csail.mit.edu/hqm/writings/jefferson/odur.let.rug.nl/usa/P/tj3/writings/brf/jefl97.htm Dates: First identified by name (The Democratic-Republican Party): May 23, 1792: In a letter from Jefferson to President George Washington, he gives a name to the party then headed by Washington: “That the ultimate object of all this is to prepare the way for a change, from the present republican form of government, to that of a monarchy, of which the English constitution is to be the model. ……… The republican party, who wish to preserve the government in it's present form, are fewer in number. They are fewer even when joined by the two, three, or half dozen anti-federalists, who, tho they dare not avow it, are still opposed to any general government: but being less so to a republican than a monarchical one, they naturally join those whom they think pursuing the lesser evil.”
Thomas Jefferson becomes the first Democratic president: February 17, 1801, when the House breaks Electoral College tie and chooses Jefferson as President over Burr. |
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