Grand Old Partisan

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I appreciate Republican respect for the environment. May 22nd 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt signed legislation establishing Crater Lake National Park.  The bill had been drafted by Republican Representative Thomas Tongue and passed by the GOP-controlled 57th Congress. Champions of preserving the area were two local Republicans, naturalist William Steel and judge John Waldo. Oregon's sole national park contains a scenic wonder. Crater Lake is one of the world's deepest as well as one of the most beautiful. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see www.grandoldpartisan.com .  Here is a YouTube Video about this article. Here is a TikTok ...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I applaud our party’s reverence for civil rights. May 21st 1919, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives approved a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. Eighty-five percent of Republicans were in favor, contrasted with merely fifty-four percent of Democrats. The bill had been introduced by an Illinois Republican, James Mann. It was the first measure passed by Republicans after they won control of Congress in the 1918 midterm elections. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see www.grandoldpartisan.com .  Here is a YouTube Video about this article. Here is a TikTok Video about this article. Here is an Instagram Video about this artic...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I salute Thaddeus Mahon, born in Pennsylvania, May 21st 1840. His initial training was to be a blacksmith. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, surviving a grave wound. Peace restored, this young Republican studied law and was elected county clerk. Vowing to protect the rights of African-Americans, he won two terms in the state house. In 1876, a difference of merely twenty-five votes cost him a congressional seat. Mahon promoted local businesses. A railroad named him its president. In 1892, he won first of seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Receiving his vote were the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, t...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor Frances Willis, born in Illinois, May 20th 1899. She earned an undergraduate degree in history and a Ph.D. in political science – both from Stanford University. In 1927, she became the third woman to join the Foreign Service. Her overseas career began in Chile, followed by Sweden and Belgium and Spain and Britain. Willis was Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy Finland. July 1953, President Dwight Eisenhower named her Ambassador to Switzerland. She continued with ambassadorships to Norway and to Sri Lanka. November 1973, the American Foreign Service Association awarded her the Foreign Service Cup for "outstanding contribution to the conduct of foreign relations of the United States." In 2006, the George W. Bush administration depicted her on a postage stamp. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I commemorate the Homestead Act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20th 1862.  This momentous legislation had been written by the Republican Speaker of the House, Galusha Grow, and passed by the GOP-controlled 37th Congress. This measure was in the platform of the 1860 Republican National Convention. One hundred sixty million acres of public land in the Plains states were allocated to more than a million homesteaders. They agreed to settle there and improve the land. Page 75 of   Back to Basics for the Republican Party   explains that Democrats had intended instead to use the area for slave plantations. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I appreciate the Emancipation Party's civil rights achievements. Even after Republicans had abolished slavery and extended citizenship to African-Americans, Democrats prevented most from voting. To overcome this Slavery Party evil, a GOP-controlled 41st Congress passed the 15th Amendment and Republican-controlled legislatures approved it. May 19th 1870, twenty thousand African-Americans paraded through Baltimore to celebrate ratification. They carried banners featuring President Ulysses Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax as well as African-American Republican leaders Frederick Douglass and Hiram Revels. There was also a statue of Abraham Lincoln. Back to Basics for the Republican Party  is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the futur...