The Republican Party of Texas

The Republican Party of Texas

It is widely believed that the strongest state level Republican Party is found in the state of Texas . The Republican Party of Texas has control of the senate , the state house of representatives , and the state 's education board . Aside from the fact that the present president of the country , George W . Bush comes from the Republican Party of Texas the majority in 73 counties of the state is being held by the party (Republican Party of Texas-a

The current status being enjoyed by the party is even

more commendable if one considers its history - because the party had not always been this strong . Actually , the Republican Party became an object of hatred among Texans immediately after the civil war . Several generations of proud post-civil war Texans could not forget and forgive the Republican president who ed the victorious Union Army to occupy the state which was then allied with the Confederation during the war , giving Texans their first taste of defeat in its entire history . It should be pointed out that Texas was never before defeated or subjugated by any invading army . In fact even the British failed to colonize the state during the early years . Texans had been fiercely proud of their history In fact they remain as proud to this day and age . For this reason , for more than one hundred years after the civil war , Texans rejected the Republican Party and the state became a one-party state controlled by the Democratic Party . During that hundred-year period , the party did not win any statewide election , gaining only very few seats in the state legislature (Republican Party of Texas-a

The Republican Party of Texas was actually established by people who were opposed to slavery which was allowed under the Kansas-Nebraska bill . As a matter of fact , majority of the members of the party during those early years were African-Americans . However , since most of the state leaders before the war were Democrats , the state was allied with the Confederacy during the civil war . The defeat of the Confederacy and subsequent occupation of Texas by the Republican 's Union Army resulted to the weakening of the Republican Party of Texas . Only the unwavering support of African-Americans kept the party alive . During the period of Reconstruction following the civil war , almost 90 of the Republican Party of Texas was made up of African-Americans . In fact during the first party convention which was held on July 4 , 1867 in Houston , Texas African-Americans were in the majority with around 150 delegates compared to only 20 Anglo delegates . Their majority position enabled an African-American from Galveston , Norris Wright Cuney , to become the second chairman of the Republican Party of Texas , presiding over the party from 1883 - 1897 . According to historians , Cuney 's position was the most important political position given to a black man of the South in the nineteenth century (Republican Party of Texas-a

The unwavering support from the African-Americans notwithstanding , the party experienced difficulties during the period...