The Republican Party remained strong in Gainesville even after the end of Reconstruction in 1876 because of the large number of blacks and Northern whites who had moved there after the Civil War.
O Partido Republicano mantívose forte en Gainesville aínda despois da fin do período da Reconstrución en 1876, debido ao grande número de negros e de brancos dos estados do norte que se estableceron alí despois da Guerra Civil.