The founding meeting of the Republican Party took place in Wisconsin on March 20, 1854.

This Day in History - January 4: committee reports to the U.S. Senate a bill creating the Kansas-Nebraska Act January 4, 1854 - A bill introduced by Sen. Stephen Douglas in January, 1854, divided the ...

(“The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854,” John R. Wunder and Joann M. Ross, editors, University of Nebraska Press, 220 pages, $30 paperback.) One of the most important events to affect Nebraska came before ...

Kansas's history, from Bleeding Kansas to modern political struggles, reveals a state constantly redefining freedom and setting national trends.