num_pages: 582
description: During the 1850s, the Jacksonian party system broke down in the North and a new sectional party, the Republicans, succeeded the Whigs in the nation's two party system. Using demographic, voting, and other statistical analysis, as well as the more traditional methods and sources of political history, William Gienapp demonstrates that the organization of the Republican party was a difficult, complex, and lengthy process, and explains why, after an inauspicious beginning, it ultimately became a potent political force
language: English
title: The Origins of the Republican Party, 1852-1856
titlecomplete: The Origins of the Republican Party, 1852-1856
characters: Thurlow Weed, Charles Francis Adams Sr., William Henry Seward, Francis Preston Blair, Nathaniel P. Banks, Gamaliel Bailey, Samuel Bowles, Salmon P. Chase
genres: Civil War, History, American History, 19th Century
ratings_count: 26
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Civil War and Reconstruction Book Award
publisher: Oxford University Press