His political career began 1860, when he supported Abraham Lincoln for the presidency. Three years later, he was appointed by the Republican governor of Massachusetts to recruit African-American soldiers for the 54th and 55th Massachusetts regiments during the Civil War. His sons Lewis and Frederick Douglass Jr. participated in the celebrated attack on Ft. Wagner portrayed in the movie Glory.

Douglass was a key advisor to President Lincoln. At his second inaugural ball, the war virtually over, Lincoln was confident enough to go public about his friendship with a black man. Hearing that Douglass was being denied entry, the President had him shown in, greeting him with "Here comes my friend Douglass and shaking his hand." Such a gesture was unprecedented and could scarcely have been thought possible just a few years before. As token of their friendship, Mary Lincoln later presented Doulgass with Lincoln's walking stick.

President Grant appointed Douglass an envoy to the Dominican Republic. President Hayes appointed him Marshall of the District of Columbia. During the Garfield and Arthur administrations, Douglass served as Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia. He was ambassador to Haiti during the Benjamin Harrison administration. Many prominent Republicans, including Susan B. Anthony, attended his funeral.

"I am a Republican, a black, dyed-in-the-wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress." Frederick Douglass

While campaigning for re-election in 1956, Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA) declared: "Most of us will live to see the day when American boys and girls will sit, side by side, at any school - public or private - with no respect paid to the color of skin. Segregation, discrimination and prejudice have no place in America."
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Martin Luther King voted for the Republican presidential ticket, Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. King announced his vote during a public meeting in Ghana, where they were attending a presidential inauguration. [pictured: Coretta Scott King, Richard Nixon, Patricia Nixon and Martin Luther King, 1957]


Vice President Nixon helped defeat the Democrat filibuster against the GOP's 1957 Civil Rights Act. 

Here is a link to the Republican Heroes section on Grand Old Partisan.

Here is a link to the Republican Heroics section on Grand Old Partisan.

Here is a link to the On This Day In Republican History section on Grand Old Partisan.
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OTHER QUOTES and PONDERANCES...

"From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It is
what enables the soldier to die alone, the political prisoner to resist, the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street."
- Mark Helprin-

   “I like America … to some extent.” - Michael Moore
   "The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
   “Only Americans can hurt America.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower
   “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
    -Abraham Lincoln-

Quotes with modern relevancy...

Ronald Reagan (added January, 2010)

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War:  We win, they lose.'

'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' 

'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.'

'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.'

'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.'

'The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' 

'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.' 

'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.'

'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.'

'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it..' 

'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.'

'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'

'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation goneunder.'
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HELPFUL LINKS:
A must visit site! National Constitution Center. Get a copy of the following documents from... www.constitutioncenter.org
The Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
The Federalist Papers
The Constitution
Bill of Rights
The Reconstruction Amendments
The Founding Fathers

* National Archives - U.S. Constitution... http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
Oklahoma Rifle Association... http://www.oklarifle.org/
Red Stater... http://redstaterusa.blogspot.com/

Political
Oklahoma GOP ... www.okgop.com
Oklahoma County GOP...  www.okcountygop.com

Government
OK State House of Representatives... http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/MemberListing.aspx
OK State Senate ... http://www.oksenate.gov/senators.htm

Sources
Heritage Foundation... http://www.heritage.org/
National Atlas - maps... http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp
The Vault ... http://hotair.com/vault/
You'll love this one... http://www.conservapedia.com/Bias_in_Wikipedia 

Religious
Intersection of faith, culture and conservatisim... www.jewishworldreview.com

Media
The fusion of entertainment and enlightenment... www.Glennbeck.com
Rush Limbaugh... www.rushlimbaugh.com
Matt Drudge... http://www.drudgereport.com/
Washington Times... http://www.washingtontimes.com/ 
OKC/Local - Props to Mark Shannon's web-site... http://www.markshannon.com/
The McCarville Report... http://www.tmrcom.blogspot.com/
Bias Guaranteed - Okie Pundit... http://www.okiepundit.com/
Link to "MOST WANTED" in Oklahoma County... http://www.oklahomacounty.org/sheriff/MostWanted/

Must see stuff...
Now famous video regarding world fertility rates - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THW7jgSIXPM
The truth about Che... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e_OFwtJMRY&feature=player_embedded#


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