Republican Leaders Throughout United States History
1861: Abraham Lincoln - 1st Republican US President & Civil War Leader
1872: Frederick Douglass - 1st African-American nominated for US Vice President; Author; Abolitionist.
1877: Romualdo Pacheco - 1st Hispanic US Congressman & 1st Hispanic Governor (CA)
1916: Jeannette Rankin - 1st woman elected into the US Congress; re-elected in 1940
|
|
