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Is the Republican Party, the party of Abraham Lincoln?

The United States has entered presidential primary season, which means it won\\u2019t be long before a Republican presidential candidate or a reporter mentions the birth of the \\u2018Grand Old Party\\u2019 in 1854 and its association with Lincoln.

We explore the history of the Republican Party with Heather Cox Richardson, Professor of History at Boston College and author of To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party.

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