Grand Old Partisan

Grand Old Partisan honors James Monroe Gregory, born January 23rd 1849. During the Civil War, this African-American youth assisted slaves escaping northward. He was valedictorian of Howard University’s first graduating class, then joined the faculty. While on the board of education, Gregory led a movement to desegregate public schools in Washington, DC. He served on the DCGOP central committee, along with Frederick Douglass, and was delegate for the 1892 Republican National Convention. Last two decades of his life were devoted to administering a trade school modeled after the Tuskegee Institute. 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...

Grand Old Partisan salutes Patrick Hurley, born in Tulsa, January 8th 1883. Rising from mule driver, after law school he achieved success with oil and gas businesses. He served in WWI and was wounded. President Hoover appointed him Secretary of War. Appreciating his talent, FDR sent General Hurley as wartime envoy to Asia and the Soviet Union, then made him Ambassador to China. He opposed efforts to maintain the British Empire. Hurley became a leader of the New Mexico GOP and three times lost for the Senate, the last time due to Democrat vote fraud. He was delegate for the 1952 and 1956 Republican National Conventions. Later years focused on the energy sector. 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.co...

Grand Old Partisan honors Morton Wilkinson, born in upstate New York, January 22nd 1819. After working for a railroad, he studied law and relocated to frontier Minnesota. He later served in the territorial legislature and helped write a legal code as preparation for statehood. Having been in the anti-slavery Free Soil Party, Wilkinson co-founded the Minnesota GOP. In 1859, the legislature elected him U.S. Senator. Eve of civil war, he delivered a forceful speech upholding the Constitution. Receiving his vote were the DC Emancipation Act, the Land Grant Colleges Act, the Pacific Railway Act and the 13th Amendment. Wilkinson later won a term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He then was state senator and county prosecutor. 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...

Grand Old Partisan honors Francis Spinner, born in upstate New York, January 21st 1802. Starting out as a mercantile clerk, he became a county sheriff and militia officer. Later positions included road inspector, banker and Navy Department auditor. From 1855 onward, Spinner served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. President Abraham Lincoln named him Treasurer of the United States. He was first within the federal government to hire women. His signature, on greenback paper money, became famous. 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  ab...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than SEVENTEEN decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I salute John Bingham, born January 21st 1815. He apprenticed with a printer and studied law. The state's first African-American college graduate was a life-long friend. Bingham campaigned for presidential nominee William Henry Harrison. Six years later, Whigs elected him county prosecutor. Beginning in 1854, he won three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, as one of its first Republicans. The party's civil rights agenda received his full support. President Abraham Lincoln named him judge advocate of the Union Army. In 1865, Bingham returned to the U.S. House of Representatives for another four terms. While on the Reconstruction Committee, he wrote Section 1 of the 14th Amendment: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state ...

"good, honorable, trustworthy" Grand Old Partisan honors Paul Coverdell, born January 29th 1939. He studied journalism at the University of Missouri. His career began as army captain, serving in Taiwan and Japan and Korea. He then relocated to Atlanta and prospered with an insurance agency. This "voice of reason" chaired the state GOP and rose to be minority leader of the state senate. Coverdell coordinated regional strategy for the George H. Bush campaign. The new President appointed him director of the Peace Corps. He won election to the U.S. Senate in 1992, and six years later became the first Republican Senator re-elected in Georgia since Reconstruction. A cerebral hemorrhage struck him down at age sixty-one. 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...