Talk:List of Presidents of the United States (Cinco De Mayo)

Republicans?
Whatever happened to the Republican party? The Democrats "owned" the South in our time line while the Republicans worked on maintaining order in the north. I assume that failure to win the war caused a collapse of the party for all practical purposes.

Since the Immancipation Proclamation "freed" only slaves in the south (a major reason for the Party's existence!), was Lincoln not able to free them in the north after the war ended badly? If so, when did slavery end there? The Democratic Party was a supporter of slavery and fought against reconstruction in the south in our time line. SouthWriter (talk) 02:28, September 20, 2012 (UTC)