Republican Party (United States) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Post-Roosevelt era ==== {{Main|Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower}} [[File:Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959 (cropped)(2).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], the 34th president (1953β1961)]] Eisenhower had defeated conservative leader senator Robert A. Taft for [[1952 Republican National Convention|the 1952 Republican presidential nomination]], but conservatives dominated the domestic policies of the [[Eisenhower administration]]. Voters liked Eisenhower much more than they liked the GOP and he proved unable to shift the party to a more moderate position.<ref name="Nicol C. Rae 1989">Nicol C. Rae, ''The Decline and Fall of the Liberal Republicans: From 1952 to the Present'' (1989)</ref> {{Main|Presidency of Richard Nixon|Presidency of Gerald Ford}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page