Grand Old Partisan

"faithful, earnest, watchful and true – so he was always and everywhere" Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor Charles O’Neill, born in Philadelphia, March 21st 1821. The attorney served in both legislative houses as a Whig, then a Republican. In 1862, O’Neill won first of four congressional terms. He backed the Union war effort and voted for the GOP’s civil rights agenda, including the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. Out of office two years, O'Neill returned to Congress for another eleven terms. Also receiving his vote were the 1875 Civil Rights Act, the Land-Grant Colleges Act and the Forest Reserve 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, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see  www.gra...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I denounce Democrat racism. March 20th 1924, the Democrat Governor of Virginia, Elbert Trinkle, signed the Racial Integrity Act. It had been passed by the Democrat-controlled legislature, in order "to purify the white race." The law banned interracial marriage and defined as white a person "who has no trace whatsoever of any blood other than Caucasian." This so-called ’one-drop rule’ remains popular among Democrats today. 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 a...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor Romana Acosta Bañuelos, born in Arizona, March 20th 1925. At the suggestion of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly, President Richard Nixon nominated her for high office: "It is with special pleasure that I have today nominated Romana A. Banuelos to be Treasurer of the United States. "Since the tragic and untimely death of Dorothy Andrews Kabis on July 3, we have searched the country for a person of truly outstanding credentials and ability to succeed her as Treasurer. I was delighted to find such a person in Mrs. Banuelos. In her extraordinarily successful career as a self-made businesswoman, Mrs. Banuelos has displayed exceptional initiative, perseverance, and skill. "In addition, as chairman of the board of directors of Pan American National Bank of East Los Angeles, which serves the Mexican-American community of that area, she has ...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor William Cannon, born in Delaware, March 15th 1809. His merchandising interests broadened to lumber, grain, mills, orchards, brickyards, banking, railroads and a newspaper. Political activity began with election as state representative, then state treasurer. During the Civil War, patriotism led him out of the Slavery Party and into the GOP. In 1862, Cannon narrowly won the governorship. So ferocious was opposition from Democrats, he could not even persuade the legislature to ratify the 13th Amendment. Death cut short his term in March 1865. 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...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor Edith Nourse Rogers, born March 19th 1881. She studied in Paris, then volunteered with the American Red Cross during WWI. President Warren Harding named her inspector of veterans hospitals. Rogers cast an electoral vote for Calvin Coolidge. In 1925, her husband, a Massachusetts Republican Congressman, died, and she won a special election for the vacant seat. There followed seventeen more terms. Representative Rogers opposed most of the New Deal. During WWII, she wrote a bill establishing the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps and co-wrote the G.I. Bill. Later years, she voted for both the GOP’s 1957 Civil Rights Act and its 1960 Civil Rights Act. Constituents knew her to be "capable, hard-working and intelligent." Back to Basics for the Republican Party  is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the...