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Grand Old Partisan

Washington, DC

I am a GOP historian and the author of Back to Basics for the Republican Party.

Interests: the heritage of the Republican Party

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Charles Nott, first Republican Judge on the U.S. Court of Claims

Grand Old Partisan salutes Charles Nott, born in Schenectady, September 16th 1827. After law studies, he ran as a Republican for judge. Over the years of civil war, he served in three regiments, rising to colonel. February 1865, President Abraham... Continue reading

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James McGrew, a Founding Father of West Virginia

Grand Old Partisan honors James McGrew, born near Morgantown, September 14th 1813. His profession was merchant and banker. Delegate at Virginia’s secession convention, he voted for remaining in the Union. Statehood achieved, West Virginia voters elected him to the legislature.... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at Grand Old Partisan

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Democrat Traitors Arrested

Grand Old Partisan deplores Democrat dishonor. September 1861, Slavery Party politicians conspired to assist Confederate troops intending to invade Maryland. An uprising staged by the mayor of Baltimore was to divert Union soldiers away from Washington, enabling seizure of the... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at Grand Old Partisan

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Daniel Dickinson, nearly Lincoln’s Vice President

Grand Old Partisan honors Daniel Dickinson, born September 11th 1800. He was elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York then State Senator then Lieutenant Governor. In 1844, a Democrat Governor appointed him to a U.S. Senate vacancy, followed by a full... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Grand Old Partisan

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Coolidge praising Lincoln

Grand Old Partisan spotlights the 30th President praising the 16th. Summer of 1927, Calvin Coolidge and wife Grace vacationed in the Black Hills. September 10th, they arrived at South Dakota State College. There, the President dedicated Lincoln Memorial Library, the... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at Grand Old Partisan

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William Stokes – Colonel of the 5th (U.S.) Tennessee Cavalry

Grand Old Partisan salutes William Stokes, born September 9th 1814. Age four, the family moved from North Carolina to Tennessee. As a Whig, he won election to the state house and senate. In 1858, as an independent, this opponent of... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at Grand Old Partisan

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the first presidential visit to the west coast

Grand Old Partisan spotlights the first presidential visit to the west coast. September 8th 1880, Rutherford Hayes arrived in San Francisco. Accompanying him were wife Lucy, General William Sherman and Secretary of War Alexander Ramsey. They had been aboard the... Continue reading

Posted Sep 8, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Christopher Payne, first Black state legislator in West Virginia

Grand Old Partisan honors Christopher Payne, born in West Virginia to former slaves, September 7th 1848. His career started as teacher, then Baptist minister. The three newspapers he published stressed racial quality and the importance of education. This proud "Lincoln... Continue reading

Posted Sep 7, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Birth of the Pennsylvania Republican Party

Grand Old Partisan commemorates founding of the Pennsylvania Republican Party. November 1854, anti-slavery activists gathered in Towanda at the home of David Wilmot. This former Congressman urged them to establish Republican organizations in their counties. Attendees included Alexander McClure, who... Continue reading

Posted Sep 5, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Henry Clay Caldwell, the first Republican Federal Judge in Arkansas

Grand Old Partisan salutes Henry Clay Caldwell, born September 4th 1832. Public service began in Iowa, as county prosecutor then state representative. Colleagues appreciated his "homespun populist philosophy and extreme sense of judicial fairness." Outbreak of civil war, a Republican... Continue reading

Posted Sep 4, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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John Hanna, the first U.S. Attorney for Indiana

Grand Old Partisan praises John Hanna, born near Indianapolis, September 3rd 1827. He studied law, then moved to Kansas. While in the legislature, he introduced a bill that effectively banned slavery. Returning to Indiana, Hanna cast an electoral vote for... Continue reading

Posted Sep 3, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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founding of the Utah Republican Party

Grand Old Partisan spotlights origin of the Utah Republican Party. September 2nd 1891, Republicans gathered in Salt Lake City to establish a territorial GOP. Venue was the federal room at the court house. County conventions had elected delegates days earlier.... Continue reading

Posted Sep 2, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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John Nixon, early New Jersey Republican Congressman and Federal Judge

Grand Old Partisan honors John Nixon, born in New Jersey, August 31st 1820. He studied law after graduating from Princeton. His political career began, as a Whig, in the state house, rising to be speaker. In 1858, Nixon won first... Continue reading

Posted Aug 31, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Ely Parker, the first Native American to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Grand Old Partisan salutes Ely Parker, born in upstate New York to Seneca Indian parents. Graduating from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, this "extraordinary intelligent" man worked as a civil engineer at canals and other infrastructure projects. Outbreak of civil war,... Continue reading

Posted Aug 30, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Henry Perrine Baldwin, early Hawaiian Republican

Grand Old Partisan lauds Henry Perrine Baldwin, born to missionaries in Hawaii, August 29th 1842. He purchased a sugar cane farm and expanded it into a major producer. An industrial accident tore off his right arm. A seventeen-mile canal built... Continue reading

Posted Aug 29, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Philippe Régis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand

Grand Old Partisan salutes Philippe Régis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand. Age twenty-five, he emigrated from France and settled in New York City. His first profession was journalist. Outbreak of civil war, Trobriand recruited French-speaking volunteers. August 28th 1861, a... Continue reading

Posted Aug 28, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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President Eisenhower's motto – "suaviter in modo, fortiter in re"

Grand Old Partisan spotlights one of the most popular items at the Eisenhower Presidential Museum gift shop. It is a souvenir magnet featuring his favorite motto, a saying attributed to Renaissance priest Claudio Aqua Viva. "Suaviter in modo, fortiter in... Continue reading

Posted Aug 24, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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William Cogswell, beloved Massachusetts Soldier and Congressman

"The country never had a more ardent defender nor the people a truer friend or more devoted public servant." Grand Old Partisan salutes William Cogswell, born in Massachusetts, August 23rd 1838. He went on a two-year voyage around the world,... Continue reading

Posted Aug 23, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Adelbert Roberts, first Black person in the Illinois State Senate

Grand Old Partisan honors Adelbert Roberts, born August 20th 1866. His education was at University of Michigan and Northwestern University Law School. In 1918, he won election to the Illinois state house. Following year, a Republican Governor named him to... Continue reading

Posted Aug 20, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Warren Knowles, environmentalist Governor of Wisconsin

Grand Old Partisan salutes Warren Knowles, born August 19th 1908. Graduating from law school, he worked for the father of John Doar, a Republican attorney later prominent in the civil rights movement. His political career began on a county board.... Continue reading

Posted Aug 19, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Mary Clemmer "chronicled the Washington scene from the 1860s into the early 1880s"

Grand Old Partisan honors Mary Clemmer, born in upstate New York, May 6th 1821. Her early literary career impressed publisher Horace Greeley. She developed contacts among prominent Republicans while a military nurse during the Civil War. Rise to prominence was... Continue reading

Posted Aug 18, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Julius Rosenwald – Jewish Republican philanthropist

Grand Old Partisan honors Julius Rosenwald, born August 12th 1862, near Abraham Lincoln’s house in Springfield, Illinois. His career began as a clothing merchant. Age thirty-two, he bought half the shares of a mail-order company, Sears Roebuck, and made it... Continue reading

Posted Aug 12, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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William Henry Harrison III

Grand Old Partisan salutes William Henry Harrison, born August 10th 1896. He was great-great-grandson of President William Henry Harrison, great-grandson of Congressman John Harrison, grandson of President Benjamin Harrison, and grandson of Senator Alvin Saunders. "Bill" Harrison studied agriculture and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 10, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Aaron Stevens, anti-slavery Co-Founder of the New Hampshire GOP

Grand Old Partisan salutes Aaron Stevens, born August 9th 1819. His profession was machinist, then lawyer. He strongly opposed slavery. The former Whig state legislator helped establish the New Hampshire GOP. During the Civil War, Stevens commanded the state’s 13th... Continue reading

Posted Aug 9, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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Origin of the Maine Republican Party

Grand Old Partisan highlights origin of the Maine GOP. August 7th 1854, forty-four delegates gathered at Porter’s Hall in the town of Strong. They represented three factions: Whigs, Free Soil, independent Democrats. Uniting them was opposition to slavery. Their leader,... Continue reading

Posted Aug 7, 2024 at Grand Old Partisan

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