Talk:Tennessee's 1st congressional district
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[edit] NPOV Math
There was some chronologically incorrect and non-NPOV statements within this article pertaining to the lenght of time that the Tennessee First Congressional Seat has been held by various Republican office holders --- the Oppositon Party pre-dated the Republican party and the Civil War era National Union Pary was an entirely new political party established by the collaboration of both Republicans and Democrats (as contrasted by the maonstream "Radical" Republicans who were in 1864 again supporting the election of Frémont as U.S. President)4.88.58.36 19:24, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The Opposition party
The Opposition Party existed both independently of the Republican Party before 1856 and also concurrently with the Republican Party in 1856 and on into the 1858 elections.
The Opposition Party arose in 1854 from a split within the Whig Party, primarily along the question of permiting slavery within the United States (and case you can read between the lines, the Opposition Party was constituted of former Whigs in opposition to both slavery and pro-slavery Whigs.). Any attempt to double-count other third parties as Republicans within this Wikipedia article is inaccurate, misleading, and suggestively partisan.4.88.59.239 03:01, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
