Democratic-Republican Party

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American political party defunct political party political party

The Democratic-Republican Party was an early American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison that championed states’ rights, agrarian interests, and a strict interpretation of the Constitution in opposition to the Federalists.

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Label Occurrences
Democratic-Republican Party canonical 142
Jeffersonian Republican 5
Democratic-Republican 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American political party ⓘ
defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Jeffersonian Republican Party

Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (historical)
colorAssociated none standard in its own era (modern color coding did not apply) ⓘ
coreSupportBase Southern planters ⓘ
Western farmers ⓘ
artisans ⓘ
small farmers ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolutionPeriod 1820s ⓘ
dominantPeriod Era of Good Feelings ⓘ
favored agrarian interests ⓘ
expansion to the West ⓘ
limited federal government ⓘ
strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
strong state governments ⓘ
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-French (during French Revolution) ⓘ
suspicious of Britain ⓘ
formationYear 1790s ⓘ
foundedBy James Madison ⓘ
James Monroe ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
other Anti-Federalists ⓘ
foundedInPeriod Early national period of the United States ⓘ
heldOffice U.S. presidency ⓘ
historicalSignificance central party in First Party System of the United States ⓘ
predecessor of modern Democratic Party ⓘ
ideology agrarianism ⓘ
classical liberalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
states’ rights ⓘ
strict constructionism ⓘ
legislativeStrength controlled U.S. Congress for much of early 19th century ⓘ
majorFigure Albert Gallatin ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
James Monroe ⓘ
John Randolph of Roanoke ⓘ
John Taylor of Caroline ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
namedAfter republicanism ⓘ
notablePresident James Madison ⓘ
James Monroe ⓘ
John Quincy Adams ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
opposed national bank as designed by Federalists ⓘ
protective tariffs favored by Federalists ⓘ
strong centralized federal government ⓘ
opposedTo Federalists ⓘ
surface form: Federalist Party
partySystem Early Republic of the United States ⓘ
surface form: First Party System
position opposition to Federalist Party ⓘ
splitInto Democratic Party ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
surface form: National Republican Party

Whig Party (indirectly) ⓘ
supported French Revolution ⓘ
surface form: French Revolution (initially)
supportedDocument Bill of Rights ⓘ
viewOnConstitution strict construction of enumerated powers ⓘ
viewOnEconomy agrarian-based economy over commercial and industrial model ⓘ

Referenced by (155)

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

Democratic Party → predecessor → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson → politicalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Hamiltonian economic program → opposedBy → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
establishment of the First Bank of the United States → opposedBy → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Democratic-Republican Party → alsoKnownAs → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jeffersonian Republican Party
Democratic-Republican Party → alsoKnownAs → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republican Party (historical)
First Bank of the United States → opposedBy → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
James Madison → politicalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Early Republic of the United States → hasPart → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Samuel Smith → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Federalists → opposedBy → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
John Quincy Adams → politicalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
James Monroe → politicalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
David Barton → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Thomas Sumter → politicalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Washington administration → sawEmergenceOf → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Thomas McKean → memberOf → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
William Henry Harrison → previousPoliticalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Alexander J. Dallas → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
DeWitt Clinton → politicalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Aaron Burr → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
George Clinton → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Andrew Jackson → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Marinus Willett → politicalAlignment → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic-Republican
George Troup → memberOf → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Nathaniel Macon → memberOf → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Era of Good Feelings → dominantParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Charles Pinckney → memberOf → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Charles Pinckney → partyAffiliation → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
John C. Calhoun → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Elbridge Gerry → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
John Randolph of Roanoke → politicalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
John Taylor of Caroline → politicalAlignment → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jeffersonian Republican
John Taylor of Caroline → politicalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Jay Treaty → opposedBy → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Albert Gallatin → memberOf → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Ninian Edwards → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Henry Clay → politicalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Richard Mentor Johnson → previousPartyAffiliation → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Philip Freneau → politicalAlignment → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jeffersonian republican
Adams family → hasPoliticalAffiliation → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
John Tyler → politicalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
First Party System → mainOpposingParties → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
XYZ Affair → significantFor → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
XYZ Affair → opposedBy → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Embargo Act of 1807 → supportedBy → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic-Republican Party leadership
Alien and Sedition Acts → opposedBy → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions → associatedWith → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Martin Van Buren → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Presidency of John Adams → opposedBy → Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ