Republican National Convention 1856

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_C._Frémont
gptkbp:election_year 1856
gptkbp:focuses_on opposition to slavery
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Republican_National_Convention_1860
gptkbp:governed_by gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:held_in gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:historical_significance emergence of the Republican Party as a major political force
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Republican National Convention 1856
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Know-Nothing_Party
gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
Whig Party collapse
gptkbp:is_attended_by delegates from various states
gptkbp:key_issues gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Company
gptkb:Protected_area
gptkb:Public_health
Civil rights
Digital rights
Economic development
Education reform
Social justice
Labor rights
Public safety
Transportation policy
Consumer protection
Infrastructure development
Technology policy
Women's rights advocacy
Immigration policy
Judicial reform
Tax reform
National unity
Native American policy
Economic equality
Transcontinental railroad
Political corruption
Civil service reform
Internal improvements
Tariff reform
Slavery expansion
Land policy
gptkbp:location National Hall
gptkbp:notable_inductees gptkb:John_C._Frémont
gptkb:William_L._Dayton
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Salmon_P._Chase
gptkbp:outcome Frémont lost the election
gptkbp:platform gptkb:Free_Soil
Opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Support for the Homestead Act
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Republican_National_Convention_1854
gptkbp:resulted_in Republican Party's first presidential campaign
gptkbp:significance gptkb:first_national_convention_of_the_Republican_Party
gptkbp:year 1856