The Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon is known as the 'Birthplace of the Republican Party.' Here's what to know about its new director, and more news.

The late French political scientist argued that winner-take-all systems, like ours, tend to produce two-party dominance. With few exceptions, the two-party system prevails in the U.S., even when ...

Local legend says that the "Horace Greeley, Vivus W. Smith and Thurlow Weed made the plans for the Republican Party under" a Syracuse elm tree in 1854.

Dr. Ada Fisher is determined to prove that more African Americans should feel comfortable in the Republican Party. Hence she has published “I am a Republican,” a 32-page history of African ...

Alvan Bovay helped found the Republican Party in Wisconsin in 1854. Alvan Bovay of Ripon, Wisconsin, a lawyer and a transplant from the East, put an ad in the local newspaper announcing a meeting ...

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