Editing Republican Party of Minnesota (section)

===Early history===

The Republican Party in Minnesota was the dominant party in the state for approximately the first seventy years of Minnesota's statehood, from 1858 through the 1920s.  In the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the state supported [[Abolitionism in the United States|Abolitionism]] and the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].<ref>{{Cite journal |title=THE GENESIS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MINNESOTA |url=https://collections.mnhs.org/mnhistorymagazine/articles/2/v02i01p024-030.pdf |journal=[[Minnesota Historical Society]] |quote=The demand for the organization of a new anti-slavery party, following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill in May, 1854, was most urgent in the region of the Old North-west. On July 6, in a state mass meeting made up of Whigs, anti-slavery Democrats, and Free-Soilers, Michigan gave the name Republican to the party whose formal organization was effected at this convention... Minnesota was slow in joining the movement.}}</ref>

Republican candidates routinely won the state governorship as well as most other state offices, having 12 out of the first 13.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sturdevant |first=Lori |title=Politics in Minnesota |url=https://www.mnopedia.org/politics-minnesota |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925043137/https://www.mnopedia.org/politics-minnesota |archive-date=2022-09-25 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=mnopedia.org |language=en |quote=While Minnesota's first governor, Henry Sibley, was a Democrat, his successor, Alexander Ramsey, and the state's next eleven governors all affiliated with the Republican Party—the party of Lincoln}}</ref>

The [[1892 Republican National Convention]] was held in Minneapolis.  The party was aided by an opposition divided between the Democratic Party and the [[Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party]], which eventually merged in 1944.