Republican Party (United States)
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The United States Republican Party is one of the two big political parties in the United States of America. The other large party is the Democratic Party. The United States also has many other small parties known as third parties.
The Republican National Committee coordinates most of the activities of the Republican Party in all 50 states.
The Republicans are often called "the right" or "conservatives". The Republican Party itself is sometimes called the G.O.P., meaning "Grand Old Party."
Traditionally, the Republican Party has supported conservative causes, and has wanted to lower taxes and to make the government smaller.
[change] U.S. Presidents who were Republicans
The current United States president, George W. Bush, is a Republican.
Republican presidents during the 1900s:
- Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
- Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
- Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
- Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
- William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
- Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
Republican presidents during the 1800s:
- William McKinley (1897-1901)
- Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
- Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)
- James A. Garfield (1881-1881)
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
- Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
- Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
[change] Other famous Republicans
- Spiro T. Agnew (vice president under President Nixon)
- William F. Buckley (conservative intellectual)
- Jebb Bush (governor of Florida; son/brother to presidents)
- Dick Cheney (vice president under President George W. Bush)
- John Dewey (presidential candidate in 1944 and 1948)
- Bob Dole (presidential candidate in 1996)
- Newt Gingrich (speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 1990's)
- Barry Goldwater (presidential candidate in 1964)
- Chuck Hegel (currently, a senator from Nebraska)
- Dennis Hassert (speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives until 2007)
- Jack Kemp (vice-presidential candidate in 1996)
- John McCain (currently, a senator from Arizona)
- Ross Perot (independent presidential candidate in 1992 & 1996)
- Colin Powell (general during Persian Gulf War)
- Condoleezza Rice (cabinet member of George H.W. Bush)
- Karl Rove (strategist to George H.W. Bush)
- Donald Rumsfeld (Pentagon secretary during Iraq War)
- Kenneth Starr (U.S. prosecutor of Democrat Bill Clinton)
- Rush Limbaugh A radio talk show host
- Sean Hannity Another well-known talk show host
