The schoolhouse was actually the site of a second meeting of Ripon residents organizing a new political party. Ellen Sorenson, the museum's interim director, stresses the nonpartisan mission and tries ...
RIPON — Many Wisconsinites know the Republican Party was founded in Ripon, when 54 of its about 100 voters united under a new banner to oppose the expansion of slavery in 1854. But parts of the story ...
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