Bill Text: TX HR678 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Commemorating the 169th anniversary of the founding of the Republican Party.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-27 - Referred to State Affairs [HR678 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR678-Introduced.html
88R19886 TBO-D | ||
By: Slaton | H.R. No. 678 |
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WHEREAS, The Republican Party marked the 169th anniversary of | ||
its founding on March 20, 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, Also known as the Grand Old Party, the national | ||
Republican Party traces its origins to 1854, when abolitionists in | ||
Ripon, Wisconsin, established a political group to fight the | ||
expansion of slavery and oppose the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which gave | ||
the Kansas and Nebraska territories the option to allow slavery in | ||
those areas; the party's first national convention was held in | ||
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 22, 1856, and its first | ||
nominating convention was held later that same year; early leaders | ||
of the party included American explorer John C. Fremont, the first | ||
Republican to run for president, and Abraham Lincoln, the first | ||
Republican to be elected president; and | ||
WHEREAS, In response to President Lincoln's victory in 1860, | ||
pro-slavery states seceded from the Union and the nation was | ||
launched into civil war; following the conflict, Republicans played | ||
an instrumental role in passing the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments | ||
to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, provided equal | ||
protection under the law, and guaranteed voting rights; the party | ||
also guided the women's suffrage movement and strongly supported | ||
the 19th Amendment, and Republican lawmakers later worked with | ||
Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson to pass the Civil Rights Act of | ||
1964; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, the Republican Party strives to promote | ||
liberty and economic prosperity while preserving American values | ||
and traditions; since the advent of the modern party system in 1857, | ||
19 Republicans have served as president, and many more have held | ||
seats in Congress; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Republican Party has helped generations of | ||
Americans become more informed and involved in the nation's | ||
political system, and its members may indeed take pride in their | ||
rich history of civic engagement; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 169th anniversary of the | ||
founding of the Republican Party and extend to all those associated | ||
with the party sincere best wishes for the future. |