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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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

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Brockholst Livingston politicalAlignment Democratic-Republican Party
Peter Early memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Robert R. Livingston, drafter of the Declaration of Independence memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
subject surface form: Robert R. Livingston
Robert Trimble memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
Jonathan Jennings partyAffiliation Democratic-Republican Party