Pro-Administration Party

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The Pro-Administration Party was an early U.S. political faction in the 1790s that supported President George Washington’s policies and a strong federal government, serving as a forerunner to the Federalist Party.

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Label Occurrences
Pro-Administration Party canonical 7

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political group ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1790s ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedInto Federalists ⓘ
surface form: Federalist Party
era First Party System ⓘ
forerunnerOf Federalists ⓘ
surface form: Federalist Party
governmentalLevel federal ⓘ
historicalRole early U.S. political faction aligned with Washington administration ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped shape the formation of the Federalist Party ⓘ
ideology pro-administration ⓘ
strong federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBase United States Congress ⓘ
notableSupporter Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
Fisher Ames ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
John Jay ⓘ
Rufus King ⓘ
opposedBy Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
opposedByFaction Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Jeffersonian Republicans
opposedPolicy states’ rights emphasis of Anti-Administration faction ⓘ
politicalPosition centralizing nationalism ⓘ
elitist republicanism ⓘ
positionOnConstitution supported ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
preceded Federalists ⓘ
surface form: Federalist Party
region Middle Atlantic states ⓘ
New England ⓘ
socialBase commercial interests ⓘ
creditors ⓘ
large landowners ⓘ
urban merchants ⓘ
status defunct political faction ⓘ
supportedInstitution federal government ⓘ
supportedLeader Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
supportedOfficeholder George Washington ⓘ
surface form: President George Washington
supportedPolicy assumption of state debts by the federal government ⓘ
broad interpretation of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
closer relations with Great Britain ⓘ
creation of a national bank ⓘ
federal economic programs ⓘ
protective tariffs ⓘ
strong national government ⓘ
supportedPolicyOf George Washington ⓘ
timeframeEnd mid-1790s ⓘ
timeframeStart circa 1789 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frederick Muhlenberg → memberOfPoliticalParty → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Second United States Congress → mainPoliticalGrouping → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Artemas Ward → memberOfPoliticalParty → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
3rd United States Congress → partyMajorityInSenate → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
3rd United States Congress → partyMajorityInHouse → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Ralph Izard → memberOfPoliticalParty → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
Abraham Baldwin → partyAffiliation → Pro-Administration Party ⓘ