The Republican party : a history of its fifty years' existence and a record of its measures and leaders, 1854-1904

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V.1. Birth of the Republican Party ; Rise of slavery and early political history preceding the Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise ; Early Republican Party ; The tariff ; Nullification

Abolition ; Lundy ; Garrison ; Lovejoy ; Annexation of Texas ; The Wilmot Proviso

The free-soilers ; Compromise of 1850 ; Fugitive slave law ; Kansas-Nebraska Bill ; "Know-Nothings"

The institution of slavery ; Life of Frederick Douglass ; Fugitive slaves ; Sentiment crystallizing throughout the North

The various movements during 1854 towards the formation of the Republican Party

Formation of the Republican Party (continued) ; Anniversary ; Death of the "Know-Nothing" Party

Abraham Lincoln ; Election of Speaker Banks ; The battle for Kansas ; Ostend Manifesto ; Attack on Senator Sumner

First Republican National Convention ; Fremont and Dayton ; Campaign and election of 1856

Lincoln and Illinois ; The Dred Scott case ; Lecompton constitution ; Lincoln-Douglas debates

Agitation in the North ; John Brown and the raid at Harper's Ferry ; Helper's "impending crisis" ; The tariffs of 1846 and 1857, and the Morrill tariff

The Homestead Law ; Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech ; Seward ; The conventions and campaign of 1860

Secession of the South ; Lincoln's utterances ; Vain attempts at conciliation ; Lincoln's inaugural ; Fort Sumter

The beginning of the war for the Union [i.e., Civil War] ; The first results ; The Proclamation of Emancipation

The War for the Union (continued) ; Republican legislation and diplomacy ; Conventions of 1864 and re-election of Lincoln

Summary of measures of XXXVIIth and XXXVIIIth [i.e., 37th and 38th] Congresses ; End of the war ; Death of Lincoln ; President Johnson and Reconstruction

Impeachment of President Johnson ; Conventions of 1865 and election of General Grant to the presidency

Amnesty proclamations ; The XVth [i.e., 15th]Amendment ; Enforcement of laws ; The Geneva award ; Republican principles and accomplishment V.2. The Liberal-Republican movement ; Conventions, platforms, campaign, and election of 1872

Second administration of Grant ; Panic of 1873 ; Financial measures ; James G. Blaine

Conventions and campaign of 1876 ; The disputed election ; Electoral commission and election of Hayes

Administration of Hayes ; Bland Act ; Resumption of specie payments ; Campaign of 1880 and election of Garfield

Brief term of Garfield ; Administration of Arthur ; Tariff Commission ; Civil-service reform

Conventions of 1884 ; Nomination of Blaine ; The "moral issue" ; Election of Cleveland

Administration of Cleveland ; Free-trade message ; A tariff discussion ; The Mills Bill

Convention and campaign of 1888 ; The tariff issues ; Election of Benjamin Harrison

Administration of Harrison ; The McKinley Bill ; Sherman silver-purchase and anti-trust laws

Conventions of 1892 ; The 'high prices" campaign ; Democrats elect president of both houses of Congress

Second administration of Cleveland ; Repeal of Sherman law ; The Gorman-Wilson tariff

Bond issues ; Venezuelan boundary question ; Tariff debate in the House ; Silver discussion

Conventions and campaign of 1896 ; The silver question ; Triumph of McKinley and sound money

Administration of McKinley ; The Dingley Law ; War with Spain ; The Philippines ; Cuba ; The Boxer uprising

Conventions and campaign of 1900 ; McKinley again triumphs over Bryan

Death of McKinley ; Administration of Roosevelt ; Prosperity ; Reciprocity ; Arbitration

Constructive legislation ; The Isthmian Canal ; The same Grand Old Party ; Conclusions

Defections from the party ; The Liberals, Mugwumps, and Antis

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Appendix: Republican Party press ; National Republican League ; American Protective-Tariff League ; Home-market Club ; McKinley's last speech ; The elephant and the G. O. P. ; Tables, etc

Republican Party of 1904