Who was the first Republican President?

Abraham Lincoln was the first president who was a member of the modern Republican party. Some sources, particularly simplified charts, describe earlier presidents as being republican, but that was a different and not directly related party, which was formally called the Republican Democratic party. Thomas Jefferson, for example, is often cited as being the first Republican president, but he was, in fact, a Republican Democrat (which actually spawned a quasi-modern Democratic party).

relies upon which Republican president. If it have been Ron Paul, sure and the U. S. may well be decrease back on the best song. Ron Paul needs to end the wars, and stability the funds in 3 years. As for any of the neocons (all the different applicants) no they might thoroughly run the U. S. into the floor. Herman Cain's tax plan, as an occasion, is to diminish taxes for the prosperous rather (0% on capital helpful factors) collectively as elevating taxes on the middle classification and rather the detrimental. His tax plan additionally provides $a million trillion in keeping with 3 hundred and sixty 5 days to Obama's present funds deficit. And he needs to proceed the two wars indefinitely. Mitt Romney has a plan it extremely is virtually as undesirable and he additionally needs to proceed the wars.

Lincoln, but this only matters if you think the name of a party determines its beliefs. The Republican party of Lincoln believed in "opposition to plantation system whereby the rich could buy up all the good farm land and work it with slaves, leaving the yeoman independent farmers the leftovers." Sound much like the Republican Party of today?

Jefferson, our third President. He wanted a true republic for the People, the essence of what should constitute a Republican.

Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States, was this nation's greatest champion of representative democracy and the rights of man. He was our most eloquent spokesman on the founding principles of American self-government. As he himself said, "I know my own principles to be pure and therefore am not ashamed of them. On the contrary, I wish them known and therefore willingly express them to everyone. They are the same I have acted on from the year 1775 to this day, and are the same, I am sure, with those of the great body of the American people."

Lincoln.

Yeah, a lot of people don't realize that it hasn't always just been republicans and democrats. Like you hinted, the first is Lincoln.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of...

Abraham Lincoln once said, "Liberals will tell you that they love you at lunch, and by supper time they are pointing a gun at the back of your head."

Honest ABE

HOWEVER, the republican party then

and the "republican party" now are as different as Night & Day!

er? yeah, no one ever talks about Lincoln?

maybe they should build like a memorial to him in Washington so we don't forget? what do you think... lol

Abe.