Democratic-Republican Party

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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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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

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Presidency of Thomas Jefferson politicalPartyOfPresident Democratic-Republican Party
Presidency of James Madison politicalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Presidency of James Madison legislativeMajority Democratic-Republican Party
Gabriel Duvall memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Shadrach Bond memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
George Walton Jr. memberOf Democratic-Republican Party
Levi Woodbury memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Livingston politicalAlignment Democratic-Republican Party
subject surface form: Livingston family
Livingston family politicalAlignment Democratic-Republican Party
Isaac Shelby memberOf Democratic-Republican Party
Henry Dearborn memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Elias Kane memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Daniel D. Tompkins partyAffiliation Democratic-Republican Party
William Few wasMemberOf Democratic-Republican Party
Pierce Butler laterAffiliation Democratic-Republican Party
Anti-Administration Party ideologicalSuccessor Democratic-Republican Party
Anti-Administration Party preceded Democratic-Republican Party
Anti-Administration Party mergedInto Democratic-Republican Party
presidency of George Washington politicalPartiesEmerging Democratic-Republican Party
Pro-Administration Party opposedByFaction Democratic-Republican Party
this entity surface form: Jeffersonian Republicans
4th United States Congress otherMajorParty Democratic-Republican Party
Thomas Hart Benton (as senior political figure from Missouri in the Senate context) politicalParty Democratic-Republican Party
subject surface form: Thomas Hart Benton
Edmund Randolph (nephew) memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
subject surface form: Edmund Randolph
Willie Blount memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Joel Barlow politicalAlignment Democratic-Republican Party
this entity surface form: Jeffersonian Republican
William Pinkney memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
John Adair party Democratic-Republican Party
Augustin Smith Clayton memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
United States presidential election, 1812 hasWinningParty Democratic-Republican Party
William Rufus King memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Archibald Roane memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
William Pope Duval memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Smith Thompson memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
James Iredell Jr. memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
William Hendricks memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
William W. Bibb memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
William Paulding Jr. memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Henry Wharton Conway memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Felix Grundy memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Timothy Fuller politicalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Joseph Story memberOf Democratic-Republican Party
War of 1812 era associatedPoliticalGroup Democratic-Republican Party
John McLean memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Abraham Baldwin partyAffiliation Democratic-Republican Party
Jonathan Russell memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Richard Rush memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
United States presidential election of 1824 winnerParty Democratic-Republican Party
United States presidential election of 1824 candidateParty Democratic-Republican Party