| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| RIPON | Republican Party birthplace |
| RIPON | Wisconsin city billed as the "Birthplace of the Republican Party" |
| GOP | Republican Party |
| HALL | Republican party leader. |
| ABE | "Father of the Republican party," nickname. |
| STEELE | Priebus's predecessor as Republican Party chairman |
| GIRONDE | Moderate Republican party formed in France, 1791. |
| RIPON | Wisconsin town where the Republican Party was born |
| FOBJAMESMADISON | Recent Southern governor-co-founder of the Democratic-Republican Party |
| JIMJEFFORDS | He famously left the Republican party at age 67 |
