Republican Union (Spain, 1903)

Republican Union
Unión Republicana
LeaderNicolás Salmerón
Founded1903 (1903)
Dissolved1910 (1910) (most)
1920 (1920) (remnants)
Succeeded byRepublican Nationalist Federal Union
Radical Republican Party
Republican Party
IdeologyProgressivism
Republicanism
Political positionCentre-left

The Republican Union (Spanish: Unión Republicana, UR) was a Spanish republican party founded in 1903 by Nicolás Salmerón.[1][2][3][4]

It participated in the 1903, 1905 and 1907 general elections. Salmerón's decision in 1906 to join the Catalan Solidarity alliance would result in Alejandro Lerroux's split into the Radical Republican Party (PRR), as well as in a number of defections and in the decline of the party.[5][6] It was mostly dissolved in 1910, being succeeded by the Republican Nationalist Federal Union, though some remnants lingered until 1920.[7]

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References

  1. ^ Martínez Ruiz, Maqueda Abreu & De Diego 1999, p. 121.
  2. ^ De Miguel Salanova 2016, pp. 558–559.
  3. ^ Serrano Lahoz 2020, pp. 35–37.
  4. ^ Lozano, Carles. "Republicanos (1868-1931)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  5. ^ Serrano Lahoz 2020, pp. 38–40.
  6. ^ Fernández García, Antonio (2022). "Historia Hispánica. Personajes: Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso". historia-hispanica.rah.es (in Spanish). Royal Academy of History. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  7. ^ Serrano Lahoz 2020, p. 44.

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