In what year did Abraham Lincoln take office as the first Republican president?
Answer1861
Lincoln was the 16th U.S. president and the first from the newly formed Republican Party.
Source: WorldAtlas (2025) worldatlas.com
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Republican facts & stats
4 sourced facts about the Republican Party, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
The basics
Going deeper
In a 2024 Gallup poll, about what share of Americans identified as Republican (not counting independents who lean that way)?
Answerabout 28%
Gallup found Republicans and Democrats tied at 28% each, with independents the largest single group at 43%.
Source: Gallup (2024) news.gallup.com
As of 2025, how many of the 100 U.S. Senate seats did Republicans hold in the 119th Congress?
Answer53 seats
Republicans held a majority of 53 seats to Democrats' 45, with 2 independents, at the start of the 119th Congress.
Source: U.S. Senate (2025) senate.gov
Expert level
Before Nast's cartoon, Civil War-era U.S. soldiers already used an elephant phrase to mean what?
Answerexperiencing combat ('seeing the elephant')
The phrase 'seeing the elephant' was slang for a soldier's first taste of battle, predating its political use.
Source: History.com (2025) history.com
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