The Bristol Republican Party - “A Government of the people, by the people and for the people”
 
The Republican Oath
 
  • I BELIEVE the strength of our nation lies with the individual and that each person's dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored.
  • I BELIEVE in equal rights, equal justice and equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, sex, age or disability.
  • I BELIEVE free enterprise and encouraging individual initiative have brought this nation opportunity, economic growth and prosperity.
  • I BELIEVE government must practice fiscal responsibility and allow individuals to keep more of the money they earn.
  • I BELIEVE the proper role of government is to provide for the people only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations and that the best government is that which governs least.
  • I BELIEVE the most effective, responsible and responsive government is government closest to the people.
  • I BELIEVE Americans must retain the principles that have made us strong while developing new and innovative ideas to meet the challenges of changing times.
  • I BELIEVE Americans value and should preserve our national strength and pride while working to extend peace, freedom and human rights throughout the world.
  • I BELIEVE the Republican Party is the best vehicle for translating these ideals into positive and successful principles of government.
 
 
 
 
REPUBLICANS IN HISTORY
US Republican Presidents
 
  • 16 Abraham Lincoln  1861 - 1865
 
  • 18 Ulysses S. Grant 1869 - 1877
 
  • 19 Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 - 1881
 
  • 20 James Garfield 1881 - 1881
 
  • 21 Chester A. Arthur 1881 - 1885
 
  • 23 Benjamin Harrison 1889 - 1893
 
  • 25 William McKinley 1897 - 1901
 
  • 26Theodore Roosevelt 1901 - 1909
 
  • 27 William H. Taft 1909 - 1913
 
  • 29 Warren G. Harding 1921 - 1923
 
  • 30 Calvin Coolidge 1923 - 1929
 
  • 31 Herbert C. Hoover 1929 - 1933
 
  • 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 - 1961
 
  • 37 Richard M. Nixon 1969 - 1974
 
  • 38 Gerald R. Ford 1974 - 1977
 
  • 40 Ronald W. Reagan 1981 - 1989
 
  • 41 George H. W. Bush 1989 - 1993
 
  • 43 George W. Bush 2001 - 2009
 
 
CT Republican US Senators
 
  • James Lanman 1819 - 1825
 
  • Elijah Boardman 1821 - 1823
 
  • Henry W. Edwards 1823 - 1827
 
  • Lafayette S. Foster 1855 - 1867
 
  • James Dixon 1857 - 1869
 
  • Orris S. Ferry 1867 - 1875
 
  • William A. Buckingham 1869 - 1875
 
  • Orville H. Platt 1879 - 1905
 
  • Joseph R. Hawley 1881 - 1905
 
  • Morgan G. Bulkeley 1905 - 1911
 
  • Frank B. Brandegee 1905 - 1924
 
  • George P. McLean 1911 - 1929
 
  • Hiram Bingham 1924 - 1933
 
  • Frederic C. Walcott 1929 - 1935
 
  • John A. Danaher 1939 - 1945
 
  • Thomas C. Hart 1945 - 1946
 
  • Raymond E. Baldwin 1946 - 1949
 
  • William A. Purtell 1952 - 1952
 
  • Prescott S. Bush 1952 - 1963
 
  • William A. Purtell 1953 - 1959
 
  • Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. 1971 - 1989
 
 
CT Republican Governors
 
  • Alexander H. Holley 1857 - 1858
 
  • William A. Buckingham 1858 - 1866
 
  • Joesph R. Hawley 1866 - 1867
 
  • Marshall Jewell 1869 - 1870
 
  • Marshall Jewell 1871 - 1872
 
  • Charles B. Andrews 1879 - 1881
 
  • Hobart B. Bigelow 1881 - 1883
 
  • Henry B. Harrison 1885 - 1887
 
  • Phineas C. Lounsbury 1887 - 1889
 
  • Morgan G. Bulkeley 1889 - 1893
 
  • O. Vincent Coffin 1895 - 1897
 
  • Lorrin A. Cooke 1897 - 1899
 
  • George E. Lounsbury 1899 - 1901
 
  • George P. McLean 1901 - 1903
 
  • Abiram Chamberlain 1903 - 1905
 
  • Henry Roberts 1905 - 1907
 
  • Rollin S. Woodruff 1907 - 1909
 
  • George L. Lilley 1909 - 1909
 
  • Frank B. Weeks 1909 - 1911
 
  • Marcus H. Holcomb 1915 - 1921
 
  • Everett J. Lake 1921 - 1923
 
  • Charles A. Templeton 1923 - 1925
 
  • Hiram Bingham 1925 - 1925
 
  • John H. Trumbull 1925 - 1931
 
  • Raymond E. Baldwin 1939 - 1941
 
  • Raymond E. Baldwin 1943 - 1946
 
  • James L. McConaughy 1947 - 1948
 
  • James C. Shannon 1948 - 1949
 
  • John Lodge 1951 - 1955
 
  • Thomas J. Meskill 1971 - 1975
 
  • Lowell P. Weicker Jr. 1991 - 1995
 
  • John G. Rowland 1995 - 2004
 
  • M. Jodi Rell 2004 - 2010
 
 
Historic Republican Accomplishments
 
  • The first Hispanic Governor elected, Romualdo Pacheco, was a Republican. He also served as Lt. Governor, U.S. House of Representative, and as ambassador to Honduras and Guatemala during the Harrison Administration.
 
  • Republicans freed the slaves with the 13th Amendment against nearly unanimous Democrat opposition.
 
  • Republicans passed the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens.
 
  • Republicans established the "Buffalo Soldiers."
 
  • Republicans established Howard University.
 
  • Republicans established Memorial Day.
 
  • Republicans passed the 15th Amendment, giving African Americans the right to vote.
 
  • The first African-American Senator elected, Hiram Revels, was a Republican.
 
  • Republicans outlawed the Ku Klux Klan with the Civil Rights Act in 1871.
 
  • Republican President Ulysses Grant signed a bill establishing Yellowstone National Park in 1872.
 
  • Republicans passed the 1875 Civil Rights Act, banning racial discrimination in public accomodations. This act was shot down by the Supreme Court, but was later re-introduced as the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
 
  • Republican Senator Aaron Sargent of California wrote and proposed the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote.
 
  • In 1884, a former slave and Republican Congressman, John Lynch, chaired the Republican National Convention.
 
  • In 1887, Republican Susanna Salter became the first woman to serve as a Mayor.
 
  • Elected in 1926, Republican Bertha Landes became the first woman to serve as Mayor of a large city (Seattle).
 
  • The first Jewish Cabinet Secretary, Oscar Straus, was appointed by Republican President Theodore Roosevelt. Straus served as Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
 
  • In 1924, Republican President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act.
 
  • In 1928, the first Hispanic U.S. Senator, Republican Octaviano Larrazolo was elected.
 
  • In 1938, the first Asian-American U.S. Senator, Hiram Fong, was elected.
 
  • In 1940, the Republican Party called for the end of racial segregation in the military.
 
  • In 1954, Republican Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
 
  • Republicans created the Federal Highway System.
 
  • Republicans passed the 1957 Civil Rights Act.
 
  • Republicans paved the way for a free market economy in China and ended years of hostility in 1972.
 
  • Republican President Ronald Reagan passed the Reagan Tax Cuts, which was responsible for a sharp reduction in Federal Income Tax rates.
 
  • In 1987, Ronald Reagan demanded that the Soviet Union end their oppressive conditions on East Europe. The Berlin Wall was torn down just 2 years later.
 
  • From 1994 to 1996, Republicans passed tax cuts and welfare reform, which is often credited to Democrat President Bill Clinton, who actually vetoed the measure twice.
 
  • In 2001, Republicans ordered attacks on Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom, a response to al Qaeda's attacks on September 11, 2001.
 
  • In 2003, the Republican Tax Cuts boosted the economy and employment figures on the United States. this lasted until 2007, when Democrats took control of Congress.
 
 
 
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