Question: who was the founder of republican party of usa

title: Republican Party (United States)
text: Founded in the Northern states in 1854 by anti-slavery activists , modernizers , ex Whigs and ex Free Soilers , the Republican Party quickly became the principal opposition to the dominant Democratic Party and the briefly popular Know Nothing Party . The main cause was opposition to the Kansas -- Nebraska Act , which repealed the Missouri Compromise by which slavery was kept out of Kansas . The Northern Republicans saw the expansion of slavery as a great evil . The first public meeting of the general anti-Nebraska movement where the name Republican was suggested for a new anti-slavery party was held on March 20 , 1854 in a schoolhouse in Ripon , Wisconsin . The name was partly chosen to pay homage to Thomas Jefferson 's Republican Party . 

Answer: answer: Founded in the Northern states in 1854 by anti-slavery activists, modernizers, ex Whigs and ex Free Soilers, the Republican Party quickly became the principal opposition to the dominant Democratic Party and the briefly popular Know Nothing Party
answer: The Republican Part was founded in the Northern states in 1854 by anti-slavery activists , modernizers , ex Whigs and ex Free Soilers.