Abstract

The author advances the premise that the newly created Republican party of 1854 owed much of its enduring success to “the moderate, middle‐class, ambitious practical politicians” who formed its central core. He discusses James Harlan of Iowa as one whose background and political career, expressed convictions on the issues, and noted rhetorical abilities mark him as a representative spokesperson of early Republicanism

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