When Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Ripon today, she'll be visiting the birthplace of the Republican Party. And that's not a mistake. Harris will be joined by former Rep. Liz Cheney ...

Whether Ripon is the literal birthplace of the Republican Party is open to dispute. Other northern cities, including Jackson, Mich., and Exeter, N.H., also lay claim, but Ripon is where calling ...

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The Republican Party was born in Ripon, Wis., about 90 minutes northwest of Milwaukee. As the state prepares to host the Republican National Convention, we revisit the party's roots.

Ripon, Wisconsin is known as the birthplace of the Republican Party. Meetings held in the Little White Schoolhouse in 1854 led to the party’s creation.

Ripon, birthplace of GOP, highlights party history. Milwaukee may be the host of the 2024 Republican National Convention, but none of this is happening without Ripon 1854.

The Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, was the site of the formation of a new political party in 1854. And all of them were alarmed by the prospect of slavery spreading westward.

RIPON, Wis. — A black, potbelly stove occupies one corner. There's a blackboard on the wall, a desk for the teacher, benches for the students, stacks of McGuffey Readers and even a cone-shaped ...

RIPON, Wis. — A black, potbelly stove occupies one corner. There's a blackboard on the wall, a desk for the teacher, benches for the students, stacks of McGuffey Readers and even a cone-shaped ...

Other northern cities, including Jackson, Mich., and Exeter, N.H., also lay claim, but Ripon is where calling the incipient party Republican was first discussed, and its Little White Schoolhouse ...

The Little White Schoolhouse, in which the Republican Party was founded in 1854, is transported from the Ripon College campus to a site on the grounds of the Republican Education Foundation in 1852.

RIPON, Wis. — A black, potbelly stove occupies one corner. There's a blackboard on the wall, a desk for the teacher, benches for the students, stacks of McGuffey Readers and even a cone-shaped ...