Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RIPON, Wis. (WFRV) – With just a few months left until the official 250th birthday of the United States of America, it’s important ...

A political party is defined by the governing philosophy, values, policies and actions of its leaders and members. How would ...

March 20, 1854 - The founding meeting of the Republican Party took place in Wisconsin on March 20, 1854. Former Whig Party members gathered to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery ...

The schoolhouse was actually the site of a second meeting of Ripon residents organizing a new political party. Ellen Sorenson, the museum's interim director, stresses the nonpartisan mission and tries ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865. He had delivered the Emancipation Proclamation in January of 1863, but it was the action of Congress, led by his Republican party that codified the ...