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Which political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to when he became president?

a. the Democrats
b. the Whigs
c. the Republicans
d. the Federalists

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C. the Republicans. He founded the Republican party in 1854 at Ripon, Wisconsin.
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Abraham Lincoln was a member of the Republican Party.
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