Show three party divisions had name republican the namo name republican RepublIc ari has ha been api piled to three parties a fact which gives rise to contusion confusion the republican party of today originated in 1854 BO 50 after the dissolution of 0 the whig party the southern whig went over to the democratic party on tile the slavery question and the northern whigs affiliated with the F freo ree soil and know nothing part parties les at a meeting held at ripon wis in 1854 a group of whigs free sollers sellers and democrats threatened to form a new party it if the kansas nebraska bill passed the bill passed and ou on july 0 1854 representatives of the same bamo groups met at jackson mich and formed a party to which they gave the name republican in the election that tall fall the new party carried 15 of the 31 states the dem party as now known began with the anti federalists who opposed the federal constitution because of tile the rights surrendered by the states to the federal government men t in 1702 1792 it took the n name line re publican party to oppose the F federalist eder a party it was later inter sometimes known as the democratic republican republica 11 party which name Is still the designation of the democratic party after its principles were clearly formulated in 1708 by thomas jefferson tt it was sometimes called democratic but generally republican until andrew jacksons administration which began in 1829 ile he was them the first president to be officially listed under the name democrat |