[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21051]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

  (Mr. COX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, this year is the 150th anniversary of the 
founding of the Republican Party. Over a century and a half, from the 
abolition of slavery, to the establishments of women's right to vote, 
to freeing millions of people in the Soviet Union, Afghanistan and 
Iraq, the Republican Party has been the most effective political 
organization in the history of the world in advancing the cause of 
freedom.
  The right of American women to vote is a uniquely Republican 
accomplishment advanced by Republicans, opposed by Democrats. All of 
the leading suffragists, including Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady 
Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony were Republican. The first woman elected 
to this House was Republican.
  Today marks the birth of Mary Louise Smith in 1914, elected to be the 
first woman to chair the Republican National Committee. Each day of the 
year the Republican Freedom Calendar, prepared by the Republican Policy 
Committee, records an important achievement, an important milestone in 
the Republican Party's history of advancing the civil rights of every 
American. The calendar is available at policy.house.gov on the 
Internet.

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