Republican Representatives

REPUBLICAN PARTY HISTORY
 
The Republican Party was born of the anti-slavery movement. Opponents of the Kansas Nebraska Act emerged in 1854 as the first republicans. With the nomination of John C. Fremont for president in 1856, these republicans organized as an official national party. Four years later, Abraham Lincoln was elected and the Republicans firmly established themselves as a major political party. The name “Republican” was chosen because it alluded to equality and brought to mind Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican Party. In 1861, the Civil War erupted, lasting 4 grueling years. During the war, Lincoln, against the advice of his cabinet, signed the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves. The Republicans of the day worked to pass the 13th Amendment which outlawed slaver; the 14th Amendment, which guaranteed equal protection under the law; and the 15th Amendment, which helped secure voting rights for African Americans. In 1896, the Republican Party was the first major political party to support women’s suffrage. When the 19th Amendment was finally added to the Constitution, 26 of the 36 state legislatures that had to vote to ratify it were under Republican control. The first woman elected to Congress was a Republican, Jeanette Rankin, from Montana in 1917.
 

REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES

Barnstable County Registrar of Probate: Anastasia Welsh Perrino
Barnstable County Clerk of Courts: Scott Nickerson
Barnstable County Register of Deeds: John F. Meade
Cape & Islands State Committee Members: Will and Judy Crocker
State Representative 3rd Barnstable District: David Viera (Falmouth)
State Representative 5th Barnstable District: Steven Xiarhos (West Barnstable)

REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE CHAIRS

 

Contact your Local Republican Town Committee Chairperson

Barnstable:     Judy Crocker            [email protected]

Brewster:      Adam Lange               [email protected]

Bourne:         Peter Fisher                  [email protected]

Chatham:      Diane Bronsdon          [email protected]

Dennis:          Rob Chamberlain        [email protected]

Falmouth;     Ed Stadelman               [email protected]

Harwich:        Peter Hughes               [email protected]

Mashpee:      Elana Doyle                   [email protected]

Nantucket:     Toby Brown              [email protected]

Oak Bluffs:   Linda Mott-Smith       [email protected]

Orleans:         Peter O’Meara            [email protected]

Sandwich:     Andrea Killion              [email protected]

Yarmouth :    Jonathan Wanko        [email protected]  

 

CAPE COD REPUBLICAN CLUB

Executive Board

Peter S. Hughes — President
Judy Crocker* — Vice President
Michele Gallucci —  Secretary
Pat Switchenko —  Treasurer
Elizabeth Kelsey — At Large Member and Membership Chair
Barbara McCoy — At Large Member
Dave Sampson – At Large Member 
Michael Curtis – At Large Member
Will Crocker*
Jennifer Cunningham*
Jay McMahon
*State Committee Member

CAPE COD REPUBLICANS TO THE REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE

Will Crocker