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Hall, Benjamin F : The Republican Party and Its Presidential Candidates: Comprising an Accurate History of the Republican Party in the United States, from Its Origin in 1796 to Its Dissolution in 1832; of the Whig and Democratic Parties During the Interregnum; and Its Re-Formation in 1856, to Defend Freedom of Speech and of the Press and to Resist the Aggressions of the Slave Power. With Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Fremont and Dayton

Miller, Orton and Mulligan, New York, 1856

Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Impressed decorations on the front and back covers. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4." 512 pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Slight foxing on several pages. Corners slightly bumped. Chipping at the head and tail of spine. A Very Good copy. Includes biographical sketches of John C. Fremont (1813-1890) and William L. Dayton (1807-1864). Fremont was the first Republican nominee for United States President and Dayton was nominated as the first Republican nominee for United States Vice President when they ran on the same ticket for the 1856 presidential election. A key issue of the 1856 election was the balance of power between the free and slave states. The Republican Party was formed in 1854 in response to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act which provided a loophole for additional slave states to be admitted to the Union under the argument that states alone had the right to determine whether they were to be free or slave states. The Republican Party's platform was to combat slavery and to limit the power of slave states. At the time, the Republican Party was backed by the Northern states and the Democratic Party was supported by the Southern states. James Buchanan, the Democratic nominee, won the 1856 election.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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